Category: Trichodesma

Trichodesma khasianum C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 154 1883. (syn: Boraginella khasiana Kuntze); Myanmar [Burma] (Chin), India (Arunachal Pradesh), Assam, Bhutan, Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Jan.,2019/01 Trichodesma sp. (khasianum ?) for ID. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Tan, Mizoram Altitude : ca 1,900 m. Date : […]

Trichodesma species ? ;           Small Wild Plant for ID : Pali,Maharashtra : 241112 : AK-1: Saw this small, wild plant in a private farm in Pali, Maharashtra. It has probably dried flowers or opened pods, not sure. Plant was hardly a foot tall. The only possibility I could think of […]

Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 496 1810. (Syn: Borago zeylanica Burm.f.; Borraginoides zeylanica (Burm.f.) Hiern; Leiocarya kotschyana Hochst. (unresolved); Pollichia zeylanica (Burm.f.) F.Muell.); . As per efi thread: On careful searching I found important characters to differentiate Trichodesmas. 1. Stamens included Corolla tube longer than lobes, lobes shortly acuminate, not recurved…. …. T.inaequale. […]

Trichodesma indicum (L.) Sm., A. Rees, Cycl. 36: Trichodesma no. 1. 1817 (R. Br., Prodr. 149. 1810, nom. inval.; Lehm., Pl. Asperif. nucif. 193. 1818) (syn. (≡) Borago indica L. (basionym)); . trik-oh-DES-ma — from the Greek thrix (hair), and desme (cable or band) … Dave’s Botanary IN-dih-kum or in-DEE-kum — of or from India […]

Trichodesma inaequale Edgew., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 21: 175 1853. ; . trik-oh-DES-ma — from the Greek thrix (hair), and desme (cable or band) … Dave’s Botanary in-ee-KWA-lee or in-EE-kwa-lee — unequal … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: clasping-leaf borage . Native to: east tropical Africa, n Western Ghats (of India) . As per […]