Family :
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Verbenaceae
Leaf arrangement
Opposite decussate
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Elliptic, Broadly ovate
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Sub-Cordate
Leaf Margin
Serrate
Habit : A profusely branched sticky herb.
Habitat and Distribution : Plains (river banks) and Hills (undergrowth in thickets) to 1400m. India, Pakistan, Nepal.
Indigenous Information : A highly medicinal plant used to cast powerful spells. Can also be used to treat migraines.
Field Tips : Plant sticky-pubescent. Branchlets four angular. Leaves appressed-pubescent, chartaceous.
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Names:
Irula : Bellia ottai
Flower:
Aggregated in a terminal, elongated spike, white. Flowering peaks from November-February.Fruit :
A drupe of two pyrenes. Seeds 2, enclosed in calyx-base. Calyx persistent. Fruiting December onwards.
