Chinnadavare / Mysore St. John's Wort
Hypericum mysurense
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Chinnadavare
Identify Chinnadavare 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Found in the Mysore region.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Hypericaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chinnadavare.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hypericum mysurense
- Genus
- Hypericum
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Open grassy slopes, shola forests
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Hypericaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Hypericaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಚಿನ್ನದಾವರೆ Chinnadavare
- Malayalam
- അവരംകോല Avaram-Kola
- Marathi
- हायपेरी Hayperi
About Chinnadavare
Mysore St. John's Wort (Hypericum mysurense) belongs to the Hypericaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows in open grassy slopes, shola forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Hypericaceae
Hypericum Family
Chinnadavare belongs to the Hypericaceae family.
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