Tropical Girdle Pod
Mitracarpus villosus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Tropical Girdle Pod
Identify Tropical Girdle Pod 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.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tropical Girdle Pod.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tropical Girdle Pod itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tropical Girdle Pod itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Tropical Girdle Pod
Tropical Girdle Pod (Mitracarpus villosus) belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in degraded moist deciduous forests and wastelands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Tropical Girdle Pod belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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