Lemonia
Ravenia spectabilis
Also known as Ravenia Pink
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Lemonia
Identify Lemonia 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 type: Trifoliolate.
- Confirm fruit type: Capsule.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rutaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Lemonia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ravenia spectabilis
- Genus
- Ravenia
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Cuba, Brazil
- Distribution
- West Indies, India, Cuba, Brazil
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Delhi, Nagaland, Odisha, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliolaterecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lemonia itself; the rest are typical of the Rutaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lemonia itself; the rest are typical of the Rutaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- র্যাভেনিয়া স্পেক্টাবিলিস
About Lemonia
Lemonia (Ravenia spectabilis) is a shrub in the Rutaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and 8 other states. It is grown as garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Rutaceae
Citrus/Rue family
Lemonia belongs to the Rutaceae family.
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