How to identify Melhania hamiltoniana
Identify Melhania hamiltoniana 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 shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-March.
- Confirm it sits within the Sterculiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Melhania hamiltoniana.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Melhania hamiltoniana
- Genus
- Melhania
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Melhania hamiltoniana itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Melhania hamiltoniana itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Melhania hamiltoniana
A member of the Sterculiaceae family, Melhania hamiltoniana is a shrub. It is native to India. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Melhania hamiltoniana belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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