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Bhingri
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Bhingri
ative Photo: Pravin Kawale
Common name: Bhingri • Kannada: ಬೆಟ್ಟ ತಕ್ಕಾಳಿ betta thakkaali, ನರಂಬೋದಳ್ narambodalu • Malayalam: ഞരമ്പോടൽ njarambodal • Marathi: भिंगरी bhingari • Tamil: வக்கணாத்தி vakkanatti • Telugu: బుడమర్రి budamarri, ఇసపరతీగ esaparatiga, గుబ్బదార gubbadaara, కొండ తెక్కలి kondathekkali, నగురు naguru, పెండి తీగ penditige, సురుడు surudu, తెల్ల పిప్పిలి thellapippili • Tulu: ನರಂಬೋದಲ್ narambodal Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Symphorema involucratum    Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
Bhingri is a climbing shrub, with cylindrical branchlets which are hairy when young. Leaf blade is nearly elliptic to ovate, densely velvety on the underside, and somewhat smooth above. Leaf base is rounded to slightly heart-shaped, margin nearly entire to toothed. Flowers are borne in beautiful clusters carried on long, velvety stalks. The bracts just below the flowers are oblong, enlarged in fruit. Sepal cup is tube-like 4-5 mm long, velvety outside. Flowers are white, 6-8 mm, with 6-8 narrowly oblong petals, 2-3 mm long. Fruit is nearly round, 4-6 mm across. Flowering: March-April.
Identification credit: Pravin Kawale Photographed at Kanakeshwar, Alibag, Maharashtra.
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