Hairy Melhania
Melhania incana
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- August-December
How to identify Hairy Melhania
Identify Hairy Melhania by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Grey hairy foliage.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Sterculiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hairy Melhania.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Melhania incana
- Genus
- Melhania
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub and dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Australia
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- 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 Hairy Melhania 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 Hairy Melhania itself; the rest are typical of the Sterculiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Hairy Melhania
A member of the Sterculiaceae family, Hairy Melhania (Melhania incana) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in scrub and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Sterculiaceae
Cacao/Cola family
Hairy Melhania belongs to the Sterculiaceae family.
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