Adenia wightiana
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- August-January
How to identify Adenia wightiana
Identify Adenia wightiana by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Greenish.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Passifloraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Adenia wightiana.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Adenia wightiana
- Genus
- Adenia
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Greenishrecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Adenia wightiana itself; the rest are typical of the Passifloraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Adenia wightiana
A member of the Passifloraceae family, Adenia wightiana is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Passifloraceae
Passionflower family
Adenia wightiana belongs to the Passifloraceae family.
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