Indian Bowfruit Vine
Toxocarpus kleinii
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering
- November-July
How to identify Indian Bowfruit Vine
Identify Indian Bowfruit Vine by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Distinctive curved seed pods (bowfruit vine).
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad oval.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Indian Bowfruit Vine.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Toxocarpus kleinii
- Genus
- Toxocarpus
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indian Bowfruit Vine itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indian Bowfruit Vine itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Indian Bowfruit Vine
Indian Bowfruit Vine (Toxocarpus kleinii) belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. It grows in moist deciduous forests and sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from November to July.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Indian Bowfruit Vine belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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