Hugonia belli
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering
- November-January
How to identify Hugonia belli
Identify Hugonia belli by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Hooked climbing spines.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Linaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hugonia belli.
Plant Details
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hugonia belli itself; the rest are typical of the Linaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- വലിയ മോതിരക്കണ്ണി
About Hugonia belli
A member of the Linaceae family, Hugonia belli is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Karnataka. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to January.
Linaceae
Flax Family
Hugonia belli belongs to the Linaceae family.
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