Lax Hornpod
Mitreola petiolata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- August-November
How to identify Lax Hornpod
Identify Lax Hornpod 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: Small mitre-shaped seed capsules.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Loganiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Lax Hornpod.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mitreola petiolata
- Genus
- Mitreola
- Family
- Loganiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Paleotropics, SE. United states
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
About Lax Hornpod
A member of the Loganiaceae family, Lax Hornpod (Mitreola petiolata) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh and 2 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to November.
Loganiaceae
Logania Family
Lax Hornpod belongs to the Loganiaceae family.
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