Common Hog Weed
Byttneria herbacea
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Common Hog Weed
Identify Common Hog Weed 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: Spiny fruit capsules.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm flower colour: White/cream.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Sterculiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Common Hog Weed.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Byttneria herbacea
- Genus
- Byttneria
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Common Hog Weed itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- White/creamrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Common Hog Weed itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Common Hog Weed
Common Hog Weed (Byttneria herbacea) is a herb in the Sterculiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and 2 other states. It grows in scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Common Hog Weed belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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