How to identify Ventilago goughii
Identify Ventilago goughii 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 leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm it sits within the Rhamnaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ventilago goughii.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ventilago goughii
- Genus
- Ventilago
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ventilago goughii itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Rhamnaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Ventilago goughii
Ventilago goughii belongs to the Rhamnaceae family, where it grows as a climbing shrub.

Rhamnaceae
Buckthorn Family
Ventilago goughii belongs to the Rhamnaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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