Gelonium Poison-Leaf
Dichapetalum gelonioides
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- February-July
How to identify Gelonium Poison-Leaf
Identify Gelonium Poison-Leaf by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Dichapetalaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gelonium Poison-Leaf.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dichapetalum gelonioides
- Genus
- Dichapetalum
- Family
- Dichapetalaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുകാപ്പിക്കുരു
About Gelonium Poison-Leaf
Gelonium Poison-Leaf (Dichapetalum gelonioides) belongs to the Dichapetalaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 6 other states. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to July.
Dichapetalaceae
Dichapetalum Family
Gelonium Poison-Leaf belongs to the Dichapetalaceae family.
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