Jacquinia ruscifolia
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- April-May
How to identify Jacquinia ruscifolia
Identify Jacquinia ruscifolia 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.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Theophrastaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Jacquinia ruscifolia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Jacquinia ruscifolia
- Genus
- Jacquinia
- Family
- Theophrastaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Central America
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Odisha, Punjab, Bihar, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, Haryana, Puducherry, Ladakh, Jharkhand, Tripura, Chandigarh
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-May
About Jacquinia ruscifolia
Jacquinia ruscifolia belongs to the Theophrastaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 31 other states. It is planted. Flowering and fruiting run from April to May.
Theophrastaceae
Joewood Family
Jacquinia ruscifolia belongs to the Theophrastaceae family.
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