Cuban Buttercup
Turnera subulata
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa & more
How to identify Cuban Buttercup
Identify Cuban Buttercup by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Buttercup-like flower with a dark purple-brown throat, no filament crown.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm fruit type: Capsule.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Passifloraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Cuban Buttercup.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Turnera subulata
- Genus
- Turnera
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Puducherry, West Bengal, Rajasthan
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“The leaves are roughly oval in shape with toothed edges.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“The leaves are roughly oval in shape with toothed edges.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cuban Buttercup itself; the rest are typical of the Passifloraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“Turnera subulata is a species of flowering subshrub in the passionflower family known by the common names white buttercup, sulphur alder, politician's flower, dark-eyed turnera, an” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“=== Fruit and seeds === The fruit is a hairy capsule containing seeds with white arils.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cuban Buttercup itself; the rest are typical of the Passifloraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Cuban Buttercup
Cuban Buttercup (Turnera subulata) is a species in the Passifloraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and 9 other states.
Passifloraceae
Passionflower family
Cuban Buttercup belongs to the Passifloraceae family.
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