Herbarium JCB

Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz

Family : MALPIGHIACEAE
(MALPIGHIA FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Malpighiaceae
Species : Hiptage benghalensis
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz
Common name : Clustered hiptage
Vernacular name : Maadhavilata, Madholata, Kamti, Aneta (Hin.); Madhu Malathi, Maadhavi lata, Madhulatha (Kan.); Kurukkathi, Adigam, Kariyapakkukodi (Tam.); Madhavitige, Mutamu (Tel.); Boromali, Garunda, Natanageswar (Ori.); Maadhavi (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0026
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.
Collection Date : 12/09/14
Collection Locality : Pudunur R.F., Javadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Key identification features : A handsome climbing shrub. Leaves are decussate, elliptic-lanceolate with glands at the base. Flowers are in racemes, which are either axillary or terminal. Calyx has a gland. Petals are fringed, white with yellow tinge. A disc is present in the flower. Fruit is winged.
Habit : Liana
Flower, Fruit : January-April
Comments : Occasional on the foothills of deciduous forests and also found along stream banks. Sometimes the leaves are used for rolling tobacco for smoking.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot), Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district, Guntur district, Prakasham district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Ghandamardhan Hills (Bargarh district), Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Angul district, Cuttack district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Andaman & Nicobar (India), Sri Lanka, South China through Malesia, Celebes
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Hiptage benghalensis. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.