Fragrant Opilia
Opilia amentacea
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- February-July
How to identify Fragrant Opilia
Identify Fragrant Opilia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fragrant catkin-like flower spikes.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha.
- Confirm it sits within the Opiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Fragrant Opilia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Opilia amentacea
- Genus
- Opilia
- Family
- Opiliaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Tropical Africa, Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
About Fragrant Opilia
A member of the Opiliaceae family, Fragrant Opilia (Opilia amentacea) is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra and 1 other states. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to July.
Opiliaceae
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Fragrant Opilia belongs to the Opiliaceae family.
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