Aristolochia indica L.

 
  • Family : ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
    (BIRTHWORT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Aristolochiaceae
  • Species : Aristolochia indica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aristolochia indica L.
  • Common name : Indian Birthwort
  • Vernacular name : Esharmul (Hin.); Eshwariballi (Kan.); Perumarunthukodi, Urikaykodi, Urikkalchedi, Thazhaisuruli kodi, Kozhikkundu (Tam.); Nagasara, Iswar veru (Tel.); Panairi, Panari, Gopakanna, Iswar mula, Oyidi, Bal-bolena (Ori.); Eshwari (San.)
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-151; KFP 2503
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R. & K.R.K.Swamy; C.J.Saldanha & S.R.Ramesh
  • Collection Date : 28/11/2014; 06/09/1978
  • Collection Locality : Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State; B.R.Hills, Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
  • Habitat : Deciduous forest
  • Key identification features : A shrubby twining plant with long slender stem. Leaves are very variable. Flowers are few in a bunch with pale greenish-white petals in a cylindrical tube having a trumpet-shaped mouth. Fruit is a brown globose oblong capsule. Seeds are flat and oval.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Flower, Fruit : July-February
  • Comments : Often on plains from the coast, on thickets in scrub jungles, on wayside by river banks etc.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh
  • Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). 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=Aristolochia indica. Downloaded on 31 January 2025.

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