Diploclisia glaucescens (Blume) Diels

 
  • Family : MENISPERMACEAE
    (MOONSEED FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Menispermaceae
  • Species : Diploclisia glaucescens
  • Basionym : Cocculus glaucescens Blume
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diploclisia glaucescens (Blume) Diels
  • Vernacular name : Morasankodi (Tam.)
  • Key identification features : A shrubby woody climber. Leaves are simple, broadly ovate or suborbicular, peltate-cordate. Inflorescence is a panicle, drooping from nodes of old wood. Flowers are yellow; sepals are 6; petals are 5, smaller than sepals, auricled and embraces the stamens, which are 6 and free, pistils 3 and free. Fruit is an ovoid drupe becoming reddish with age.
  • Habit : Liana
  • Flower, Fruit : February-August
  • Native : Tropical Asia
  • Comments : In forests of about 600-900 m and abundant in sheltered sholas and ravines.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Tamil Nadu State; East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, South China, Thailand
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; 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=Diploclisia glaucescens. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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