Heart-Leaf Ice Plant
Mesembryanthemum cordifolium
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Kerala
How to identify Heart-Leaf Ice Plant
Identify Heart-Leaf Ice Plant by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fleshy heart-shaped leaves with a glistening surface (ice plant).
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Solitary.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Aizoaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Heart-Leaf Ice Plant.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mesembryanthemum cordifolium
- Genus
- Mesembryanthemum
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Kerala
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“The fleshy, small leaves are opposite, ovate to cordate, about 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) long and covered with fine papillae.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The fleshy, small leaves are opposite, ovate to cordate, about 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) long and covered with fine papillae.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Heart-Leaf Ice Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Aizoaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded“Bright pink to purplish solitary flowers appear in the , open during the day but close up at night and remain closed on cloudy days.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“Bright pink to purplish solitary flowers appear in the , open during the day but close up at night and remain closed on cloudy days.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The fruit is a capsule of little more than one centimeter in length with millimeter brown tuberose seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Heart-Leaf Ice Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Aizoaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Heart-Leaf Ice Plant
Heart-leaf ice plant (Mesembryanthemum cordifolium) belongs to the Aizoaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and Kerala.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
Aizoaceae
Carpet-Weed Family
Heart-Leaf Ice Plant belongs to the Aizoaceae family.
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