Skip to content


Taxon:  Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm. f.) R. Br.



Summary
Genus:
Trichodesma
Family:
Boraginaceae
Subfamily:
Boraginoideae
Nomen number:
40087
Place of publication:
Prodr. 496. 1810
Verified:
02/26/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Borago zeylanica Burm. f.

No images


Reference(s)
  1. Andrews, F. W. The flowering plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 1950-1956
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
  3. Baker, J. G. Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles. 1877
  4. Compton, R. H. The flora of Swaziland. 1976
  5. Cufodontis, G. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. 1953-1972
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
  7. Gooding, E. G. et al. Flora of Barbados. 1965
  8. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  9. Hooker, J. D. Flora of British India. 1872-1897
  10. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  11. Jardin botanique national de Belgique. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale). 1967-
  12. Matthew, K. M. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 1983
  13. Merrill, E. D. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 1922-1926
  14. Parrotta, J. A. Healing plants of peninsular India. 2001
  15. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  16. Retief, E. & A. E. Van Wyk. 2002. The genus Trichodesma (Boraginaceae: Boraginoideae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 32(2):159.
  17. Robyns, W. et al., eds. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. 1948-63
  18. Ross, J. The flora of Natal. 1972
  19. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. Flora of Hassan district. 1976
  20. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  21. Troupin, G. Flore du Rwanda. 1978-
  22. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  23. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
camelbush –
cattlebush –
rough bluebell –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSwaziland  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaNew Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Congo
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • MALESIA: New Guinea, Indonesia [Java, Lesser Sunda Islands], Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40087. Accessed 19 July 2025.


GRIN-Global project