Kerala Thottea
Thottea sivarajanii
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Kerala Thottea
Identify Kerala Thottea 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Restricted to Kerala forests.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Aristolochiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kerala Thottea.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Thottea sivarajanii
- Genus
- Thottea
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Aristolochiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kerala Thottea itself; the rest are typical of the Aristolochiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Kerala Thottea
A member of the Aristolochiaceae family, Kerala Thottea (Thottea sivarajanii) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Aristolochiaceae
Birthwort Family
Kerala Thottea belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family.
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