Buttonpoovu / Fragrant Pipewort
Eriocaulon odoratum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- August-January
How to identify Buttonpoovu
Identify Buttonpoovu 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: Fragrant flower heads.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Flat button-shaped head.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Eriocaulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Buttonpoovu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eriocaulon odoratum
- Genus
- Eriocaulon
- Family
- Eriocaulaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- Indian subcontinent and Indo-China
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Basal
Typical of the Eriocaulaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- Flat button-shaped headrecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Head
Characters marked “recorded” are for Buttonpoovu itself; the rest are typical of the Eriocaulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ബടനപൂവു Buttonpoovu
About Buttonpoovu
Fragrant Pipewort (Eriocaulon odoratum) belongs to the Eriocaulaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya and Tamil Nadu. It grows in scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Eriocaulaceae
Pipewort Family
Buttonpoovu belongs to the Eriocaulaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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