Wild Cowrie Fruit
Casearia championii
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-September
How to identify Wild Cowrie Fruit
Identify Wild Cowrie Fruit by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Flacourtiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Wild Cowrie Fruit.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Casearia championii
- Genus
- Casearia
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-September
- 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 Wild Cowrie Fruit itself; the rest are typical of the Flacourtiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Flacourtiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- വെള്ളക്കുന്നൻ, Casearia championii
About Wild Cowrie Fruit
Wild Cowrie Fruit (Casearia championii) belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to September.
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Wild Cowrie Fruit belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
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