Boucerosia indica

Boucerosia indica is a small succulent with green, erect, branched stems and small leaves reduced to scales. 
It grows up to 20 cm in height.

The stem of Boucerosia indica is quadrangular, tapering towards the base. 
The internodes are small, less than 0.5 cm in size. 
The stem is fleshy and glabrous with a watery latex.

The leaves of Boucerosia indica are simple, growing in an opposite arrangement. 
The leaves are reduced to fleshy scales. 
They are very small, about 1.5 mm long and 1 mm wide. 
They are triangular shaped, acute with a glabrous apex. 

The flowers of Boucerosia indica grow in few-flowered (3 to 5) umbellate cymes at the end of the stems. 
The flowers are 2 cm to 3 cm across. 
The pedicels are terete, glabrous and less than 0.5 cm long. 
The flowers are star-shaped with 5 petals. 
The petals have a slightly pointed tip, they are glabrous without and hairy-fringed within. 
The central corolla is red in colour with a purple tip and a minute yellow tooth present in the deep cleft between the adjacent lobes. 
Hairs are present except on the tips of the petals.

The fruits of Boucerosia indica are follicles found single or paired. 
The follicles are 5 to 11 cm long. 
They are cylindrical in shape, attenuate toward the apex.

The seeds of Boucerosia indica are ovoid in shape and brown in colour. 
The seed is less than 1 cm with hairy white coma which is 2 to 3 cm long.