Luinche Phool / Yellow Milkwort
Polygala arillata
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- October-March
How to identify Luinche Phool
Identify Luinche Phool 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Seeds bear a fleshy aril.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Polygalaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Luinche Phool.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polygala arillata
- Genus
- Polygala
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malesia, S.China
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Luinche Phool itself; the rest are typical of the Polygalaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- लुइंचे फूल Luinche Phool, मर्चा Marchaa, उखु Ban Ukhu
About Luinche Phool
Yellow Milkwort (Polygala arillata) is a shrub in the Polygalaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 4 other states. It grows in evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Polygalaceae
Milkwort Family
Luinche Phool belongs to the Polygalaceae family.
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