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Tapering-Leaf Mycetia

Mycetia acuminata

Shrub
Habit
Shrub
Found in India
Karnataka
Flowering
August-April

How to identify Tapering-Leaf Mycetia

Identify Tapering-Leaf Mycetia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.

  • Look for a shrub habit.
  • Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
  • Confirm flower colour: White.
  • In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-April.
  • In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
  • Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tapering-Leaf Mycetia.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Mycetia acuminata
Genus
Mycetia
Family
Rubiaceae
Habit
Shrub
Habitat
Evergreen forests
Habitat type
Forest
Native to
India
Distribution
India
Found in India
Karnataka
Flowering & fruiting
August-April
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Leaf surface
Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded

Typical of the family

Arrangement
Opposite
Simple type leaf character
Type
Simple
Entire margin leaf character
Margin
Entire
Pinnate venation leaf character
Venation
Pinnate

Characters marked “recorded” are for Tapering-Leaf Mycetia itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.

Flower & fruit characters

Flower colour
Whiterecorded

Typical of the family

Inflorescence
Cyme
Fruit
Berry

Characters marked “recorded” are for Tapering-Leaf Mycetia itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.

About Tapering-Leaf Mycetia

Tapering-Leaf Mycetia (Mycetia acuminata) is a shrub in the Rubiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to April.

Illustration representing the Rubiaceae family
Botanical family

Rubiaceae

Coffee/Madder family

Tapering-Leaf Mycetia belongs to the Rubiaceae family.

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