Velvety Spurge-Creeper
Dalechampia velutina
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- December-February
How to identify Velvety Spurge-Creeper
Identify Velvety Spurge-Creeper 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 leaf margin: Lobed (edge divided into sections).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Velvety Spurge-Creeper.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dalechampia velutina
- Genus
- Dalechampia
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests, rocky areas
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Lobed (edge divided into sections)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Velvety Spurge-Creeper itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Velvety Spurge-Creeper itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Velvety Spurge-Creeper
A member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Velvety Spurge-Creeper (Dalechampia velutina) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in evergreen forests, rocky areas. Flowering and fruiting run from December to February.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Velvety Spurge-Creeper belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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