Ceylon Saprosma
Saprosma ceylanicum
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Ceylon Saprosma
Identify Ceylon Saprosma 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 surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ceylon Saprosma.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ceylon Saprosma itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ceylon Saprosma itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Ceylon Saprosma
Ceylon Saprosma (Saprosma ceylanicum) belongs to the Rubiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala. It grows in evergreen and shola forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Ceylon Saprosma belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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