South-Indian Uvaria
Uvaria narum
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- May-October
How to identify South-Indian Uvaria
Identify South-Indian Uvaria by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Annonaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is South-Indian Uvaria.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Uvaria narum
- Genus
- Uvaria
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous to semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-October
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 South-Indian Uvaria itself; the rest are typical of the Annonaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കുരീൽ
About South-Indian Uvaria
A member of the Annonaceae family, South-Indian Uvaria (Uvaria narum) is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 1 other states. It grows in moist deciduous to semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to October.
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
South-Indian Uvaria belongs to the Annonaceae family.
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