✿Polygalaceae · Polygala
Polygala wightiana
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- August-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polygala wightiana
- Genus
- Polygala
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Malaysia to Northern Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Polygala wightiana itself; the rest are typical of the Polygalaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Polygala wightiana
Polygala wightiana is a herb in the Polygalaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to December.
Botanical family
Polygalaceae
Milkwort Family
Polygala wightiana belongs to the Polygalaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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