Nilgiri Cap-Flower
Mitrephora heyneana
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-June
How to identify Nilgiri Cap-Flower
Identify Nilgiri Cap-Flower by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Mitre-shaped inner petals.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-June.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mitrephora heyneana
- Genus
- Mitrephora
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Its leathery, oval to lance-shaped leaves are 3–11.5 by 2–4.5 centimeters (1.2–4.5 by 0.8–1.8 in) with pointed or rounded bases and pointed to tapering tips.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“The upper side of the leaves are matt and hairless, while the undersides are covered in sparse, fine hairs.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nilgiri Cap-Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Annonaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded“The yellow, oval to lance-shaped, outer petals are 7–14 by 2.5–6 millimeters and come to a point at their tips.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nilgiri Cap-Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Annonaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- വെട്ടുലിങ്ങി
About Nilgiri Cap-Flower
Nilgiri Cap-Flower (Mitrephora heyneana) is a tree in the Annonaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to June.
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
Nilgiri Cap-Flower belongs to the Annonaceae family.
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