About Indian Squirrel Tail
Colebrookea is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1806. It contains only one known species, Colebrookea oppositifolia, native to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Yunnan.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Colebrookea oppositifolia
- Genus
- Colebrookea
- Family
- LAMIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- South and Southeast Asia
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bhamber, Bhirmoli, बिंदा Binda
- Nepali
- धुसुरे Dhusure, दोसुल Dosul, धुल्सु Dhulsu
- Bengali
- বশিক
- Kannada
- ತುಗ್ಗಿ Tuggi
- Marathi
- भामण Bhaman, Dasai, Bhaman
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Indian Squirrel Tail belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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