Tirunelveli Sonerila
Sonerila tinnevelliensis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- December-March
How to identify Tirunelveli Sonerila
Identify Tirunelveli Sonerila by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Restricted to the Tirunelveli hills.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Melastomataceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tirunelveli Sonerila.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sonerila tinnevelliensis
- Genus
- Sonerila
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Melastomataceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tirunelveli Sonerila itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
About Tirunelveli Sonerila
Tirunelveli Sonerila (Sonerila tinnevelliensis) belongs to the Melastomataceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from December to March.
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Tirunelveli Sonerila belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
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