Lamiaceae

Indian squirrel tail

Colebrookea oppositifolia Sm.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Colebrookea

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Indian squirrel tail (Colebrookea oppositifolia) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Bangla: বশিক
Chinese: 羽萼木, 羽萼, 羽萼木*, 黑羊巴巴
English: Indian squirrel tail
Nepali: धुर्सिल

Synonyms

Buchanania oppositifolia Sm.
Colebrookea ternifolia Roxb.
Elsholtzia oppositifolia (Sm.) Poir.
Sussodia oppositifolia (Sm.) Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

Flowers

In flower: January to March (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Vikas D Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rahul Mungikar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: meena grg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Ajit Ampalakkad, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: smita misra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.