How to identify Svensonia hyderabadensis
Identify Svensonia hyderabadensis 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: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-March.
- Confirm it sits within the Verbenaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Svensonia hyderabadensis.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Svensonia hyderabadensis
- Genus
- Svensonia
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Svensonia hyderabadensis itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Svensonia hyderabadensis itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Svensonia hyderabadensis
Svensonia hyderabadensis is a shrub in the Verbenaceae family. It grows in deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Svensonia hyderabadensis belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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