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Hugonia mystax L., Sp. Pl.: 675 (1753) (syn: Hugonia integerrima Stokes ; Hugonia mystacina St.-Lag. ; Hugonia obovata Buch.-Ham.);
. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; .
Alagarkoil flora 05062012 TBN 1 FOR ID:
Please identify the following plant photographed at Alagarkoil. Details are as follows: Date 03/06/2012
Location Alagarkoil- above Silambar valley beyond Noobra Gangai
Altitude 1700 ft
Habitat wild
habit small tree straggler
flower and leaves as depicted This is Hugonia mystax of Linaceae family. (there seem to be some confusion in the nomenclature as per The Plant List!)
Tamil name: Modhirakkanni மோதிரக்கன்னி Yes Hugonia mystax Mothirakkanni in Malayalam as well.
Hugonia mystax L. (Linaceae): Family: Linaceae
Tamil name: Modhirakanni, Agori
Date: 17 Aug 2012
Place: Tiruvallur District, near Chennai
Alt.: 50 m asl Is that circle tendril forming the characteristic feature of this Liane or it is a different morpho?         KMTR :: : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (8).
Please help me in identifying this straggler-shrub found in edges of a semi-evergreen forests in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger reserve.
Hooks present reminded me of Hugonia plant, but the flowers are pinkish in colour here.
Leaf: 10 cm long
Place: Karaiyar Dam, Tirunelveli dist., TN
Date: 06 Oct 2013 Hugonia for sure even the calyx is different could it be annonaceae?? Ancistrocladus heyneanus is also hooked climber but there the leaves with indistinct vein. Hugonia mystax flowers are showy, bright yellow. the flower bud in the phoograph is not opened. But the hooks are clearly indicating the identity.
Kindly identify this small tree with red spherical fruit with thin flesh which was being eaten by monkeys. Photographed in the reserve forest near the Polur Jamnamathur road, north of Tiruvanamalai, south of Vellore, Tamil Nadu on the 29th Jan 2014.
The seeds are 6-7 mm diameter, a very thin flesh and skin making up for another mm or so in diameter of the fruit. If you have observed the characteristic hooks on its branchlets, then it should be Hugonia mystax. But more details needed to confirm the id. What is the local Tamil name of the plant? Thanks for the lead on the hooks – i went thru my pictures again and found one which seems to show some hooks. i attach the picture. the tamil name told to me as per my notes is ‘yalandai’. looks very much like Hugonia mystax only Thanks for the additional picture. That confirms the id.
The Tamil name ‘yalandai’ is usually applied to species of Ziziphus. Hugonia mystax is locally known as ‘modira kanni’ மோதிரக்கண்ணி Thanks for the clarification on the tamil name – a mistake in my notes. Found in Vandalur -Perungalathur Mountain forest
Nice photographs. It seems to be Hugonia mystax.
I got surprised that the shrub has a name in Taxonomy.
I don’t have words to thank you. How did you know it? I got more puzzled that it had Tamil name also.
The ring shaped structure is the attraction.(In Tamil named mothira kanni accordingly). I don’t know why there is such a structure. Still there are at least 50 varieties of trees in vandalur forest, that needs to be identified which are not commonly found along Chennai or Kanchipuram District.
Is there any website where can I find all this unidentified flowers by me? yes, ….Hugonia only Thanks, … Identification of plants is very very difficult. So Pl. Keep taking photos and keep posting. We will try to help you. If you can find local flora books, it may be of some help. You can refer Pitchandikulam forest Digital Herbarium. It gives lot of information about Tropical Dry Evergreen forest plants.
Hugonia mystax : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 Mb.
GRAM 2017 Requesting ID 2 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1)
Picture taken at Karkala, Karnataka in March 2016 Hypericum sp. ?? . Gardenia species or any other species under Rubiaceae: 7 images. This is from Salem, Tamilnadu.
This is wild.
The ripe fruits are sweet. Please identify Linaceae member, Hugonia mystax only,
. Gardenia species: Hugonia mystax, Linaceae member, .
Shrub for id collected from Honnavar Karnataka: 3 high res. images.
Sir, it is a shrub collected from Honnavar Karnataka, on 12.9.2023 ID please 100 meter msl It’s Hugonia mystax It looks different form images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/06/17/hugonia-serrata/ It is Hugonia mystax only, not Hugonia serrata or H.ferrugenia . References:
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