Latkan / Eastern Uvaria
Uvaria hamiltonii
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- May-September
How to identify Latkan
Identify Latkan by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-September.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Annonaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Latkan.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Uvaria hamiltonii
- Genus
- Uvaria
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Stream banks of deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Andaman & Nicobar (India), Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Annonaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Latkan itself; the rest are typical of the Annonaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- रबु लहरा Rabu Laharaa, काली लहरा Kaalee Laharaa
- Bengali
- Latkan
About Latkan
A member of the Annonaceae family, Eastern Uvaria (Uvaria hamiltonii) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and 2 other states. It grows in stream banks of deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to September.
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
Latkan belongs to the Annonaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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