Herbarium JCB

Cyclea peltata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Family : MENISPERMACEAE
(MOONSEED FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Menispermaceae
Species : Cyclea peltata
Basionym : Menispermum peltatum Lam.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyclea peltata (Lam.) Hook.f. & Thomson
Common name : Pata Root
Vernacular name : Path, Pathi (Hin.); Paataala beru, Haade bali, Paadavaliballi (Kan.); Paachi (Tam.); Patha (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0223; HJCB-0607
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy & K.Sankara Rao; Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy, Navendu Page & K.Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 27/11/14; 23/03/2016
Collection Locality : Sadasivakona Forest, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State; Karadiyur, Yercaud, Salem district, Tamil Nadu State
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Habit : Climber
Flower, Fruit : November-June
Comments : Occasional in hills of Eastern Ghats. Forms galls on the inflorescence. Often pollinated by butterflies.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State); Araku Hills, Sunkarimetta Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Sadashivakona R.F., Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malesia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; 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=Cyclea peltata. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.