Jack's Wool-Flower
Lasianthus jackianus
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- November-July
How to identify Jack's Wool-Flower
Identify Jack's Wool-Flower 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 surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm fruit type: Drupe.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Jack's Wool-Flower.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jack's Wool-Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The branchlets are usually slender, and the fruits are berry-like drupes that become dark when mature.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jack's Wool-Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Jack's Wool-Flower
Jack's Wool-flower (Lasianthus jackianus) belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows in evergreen forests at elevations 800-1200 m. Flowering and fruiting run from November to July.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Jack's Wool-Flower belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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