✿Scrophulariaceae · Maurandya
Mexican Viper
Maurandya barclaiana
Climber
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Maurandya barclaiana
- Genus
- Maurandya
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Mexico
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- CordaterecordedHeart-shaped, with a notch at the base.“Its lamina leaves that are triangular-cordate or triangular-hastate, 1–3.5 cm in length and 8–30 mm wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf venation
- PalmaterecordedSeveral main veins radiating out from a single point at the leaf base.“It is palmately veined and has a petiole that is 1–1.5 cm long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mexican Viper itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mexican Viper itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Mexican Viper
Mexican Viper (Maurandya barclaiana) belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It is planted.
Botanical family
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Mexican Viper belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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