• Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  (Morning-Glory Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Maddi tige, Gantapala (Telugu)
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Deciduous forests and scrub jungles
• Comments / notes : Occasional near hedges of fields
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & Siddarth
• Collection Date : 26-10-2014; 26-01-2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-294; FAP 42021
• Collection Locality : Talakona RF, Chittoor district (AP); Kalasamudra, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, Krishna district, Prakasam district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Bidar district, Kolar district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Puri district, Ganjam district, Gajapati district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Philippines
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka;Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Argyreia cymosa. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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