Pachygone ovata
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- December-October
How to identify Pachygone ovata
Identify Pachygone ovata 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.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Menispermaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pachygone ovata.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pachygone ovata
- Genus
- Pachygone
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and foothills of scrub jungles
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, North-East Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pachygone ovata itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“Pachygone ovata, the fish berry, is a climbing plant from northern Australia.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pachygone ovata itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- கட்டுக்கொடி
About Pachygone ovata
Pachygone ovata is a woody climber in the Menispermaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and 1 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and foothills of scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from December to October.
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Pachygone ovata belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
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