Heliotropium marifolium J.Koenig ex Retz.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Heliotropium

Characteristics

Subshrubs 10-15 cm tall, much branched; branches spreading or prostrate, sparsely hirtellous. Leaves crowded, ± opposite when young, alternate in age, ± sessile, narrowly oblong to lanceolate, 0.8-1.5 cm × 2-3 mm, densely antrorse appressed hirtellous, base cuneate, apex acute. Cymes terminal, scorpioid, 1-2.5 cm; bracts spreading, lanceolate, 3-4 mm. Flowers sessile, crowded. Calyx 2.5-4 mm, densely hispid outside, glabrous below middle inside; lobes lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla white, tubular, 2-3 mm, base ca. 1 mm wide; throat constricted to 0.5 mm; limb ca. 1 mm wide, densely hispid outside, slightly exceeding calyx or not; lobes ovate, ca. 0.5 mm. Filaments extremely short, inserted near base of corolla tube; anthers ovate-lanceolate, ca. 0.5 mm, apices thickened, coherent. Ovary globose. Style less than 0.5 mm; stigma ringlike at base, conical at apex. Fruit globose, ca. 2 mm in diam., densely pale yellow hirtellous, divided at maturity into 4 1-seeded mericarps; mericarps ca. 1.5 mm, white spotted adaxially near middle. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
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OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Dandruff (leaf), Scorpion stings (leaf), Antineoplastic agents (root), Antiviral agents (root), Dandruff (shoot), Ulcer (shoot), Ulcer (tuber), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Labor pain (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (whole plant)
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Images

Heliotropium marifolium unspecified picture

Distribution

Heliotropium marifolium world distribution map, present in China, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:117030-1
WFO ID wfo-0000718741
COL ID 3KCMT
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Heliotropium marifolium Heliotropium scabrum Heliotropium scabrum Bothriospermum marifolium Cynoglossum marifolium