Koonthamaniyan / Purple Hedyotis
Hedyotis purpurascens
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- October-December
How to identify Koonthamaniyan
Identify Koonthamaniyan 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.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Koonthamaniyan.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Elliptic-lanceolate glabrous leaves are acuminate with acute bases.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“Elliptic-lanceolate glabrous leaves are acuminate with acute bases.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Koonthamaniyan 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 Koonthamaniyan itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Koonthamaniyan
About Koonthamaniyan
Purple Hedyotis (Hedyotis purpurascens) is a shrub in the Rubiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from October to December.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Koonthamaniyan belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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