Herbarium JCB

Erycibe paniculata Roxb.

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 : Unamkodi (Tamil); Putta palatige (Telugu); Bodolombomano, Chain katho, Jorai Kuli, Kari, Durkuri, Kata pergu, Joda Koli (Oria); Erumathali, Irimpitathali, Irumbithali, Nakkuvalli, vadayara (Malayalam)
Habit : Liana
Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
Comments / notes : Frequent in dry deciduous forests, along stream banks and Ghats.
Flower, Fruit : September-May
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Udupi district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district
World Distribution : Sri Lanka, India, Himalayas, Andaman Islands (India), Australia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Gowda, 2004 -Flora of Sringeri; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
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=Erycibe paniculata. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.