Snake Pennywort
Geophila repens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering
- July-April
How to identify Snake Pennywort
Identify Snake Pennywort 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.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Snake Pennywort.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Snake Pennywort itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Snake Pennywort itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കരിമുത്തിൾ
About Snake Pennywort
Snake pennywort (Geophila repens) belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala. It grows in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from July to April.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Snake Pennywort belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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