How to identify Leptonychia caudata
Identify Leptonychia caudata 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: Long drawn-out leaf tip (caudate).
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm flower colour: White/cream.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-September.
- Confirm it sits within the Sterculiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Leptonychia caudata.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Leptonychia caudata
- Genus
- Leptonychia
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-September
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Leptonychia caudata itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- White/creamrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Leptonychia caudata itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ലെപ്റ്റോനിക്കിയ കോഡേറ്റ
About Leptonychia caudata
Leptonychia caudata is a shrub in the Sterculiaceae family. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to September.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Leptonychia caudata belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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