Oval-Leaf Stone Flower
Didymocarpus ovalifolius
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- June-December
How to identify Oval-Leaf Stone Flower
Identify Oval-Leaf Stone Flower 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: Oval leaves.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-December.
- Confirm it sits within the Gesneriaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Oval-Leaf Stone Flower.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Didymocarpus ovalifolius
- Genus
- Didymocarpus
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-December
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Oval-Leaf Stone Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Gesneriaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Oval-Leaf Stone Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Gesneriaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Oval-Leaf Stone Flower
A member of the Gesneriaceae family, Oval-Leaf Stone Flower (Didymocarpus ovalifolius) is a herb. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to December.
Gesneriaceae
Gesneria Family
Oval-Leaf Stone Flower belongs to the Gesneriaceae family.
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