Horamuchhaka / Slender Tree Plant
Biophytum reinwardtii
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- July-December
How to identify Horamuchhaka
Identify Horamuchhaka by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Slender palm-like habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Oxalidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Horamuchhaka.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Biophytum reinwardtii
- Genus
- Biophytum
- Family
- Oxalidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Weed of cultivation, in moist deciduous forests and in plantations, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated, Wasteland
- Native to
- Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- India, SE. Asia, China
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Horamuchhaka itself; the rest are typical of the Oxalidaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Oxalidaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Kannada
- Horamuchhaka
- Marathi
- मोठी लाजवंती Mothi lajwanti
About Horamuchhaka
Slender Tree Plant (Biophytum reinwardtii) is a herb in the Oxalidaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand and 6 other states. It grows in weed of cultivation, in moist deciduous forests and in plantations, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Oxalidaceae
Wood sorrel family
Horamuchhaka belongs to the Oxalidaceae family.
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