Kansjan-Kora / Pierced Leaf Canscora
Canscora perfoliata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- October-April
How to identify Kansjan-Kora
Identify Kansjan-Kora 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: Distinctive perfoliate leaves fused around the stem.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Cyme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Canscora perfoliata
- Genus
- Canscora
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wet areas in moist deciduous forests among grasses
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Oblong, lance shaped, sessile leaves are oppositely arranged.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kansjan-Kora itself; the rest are typical of the Gentianaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- CymerecordedA branched cluster where the central/terminal flower opens first.“Pink, four petal flowers appear in cyme.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kansjan-Kora itself; the rest are typical of the Gentianaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കാഞ്ചന കോര kansjan-kora
About Kansjan-Kora
Pierced Leaf Canscora (Canscora perfoliata) belongs to the Gentianaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and 2 other states. It grows in wet areas in moist deciduous forests among grasses. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Gentianaceae
Gentian family
Kansjan-Kora belongs to the Gentianaceae family.
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