• Family : MALPIGHIACEAE
  (Malpighia Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MADHAVI LATA FAMILY (माधवी लता फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALPIGHIACEAE
• Basionym : Banisteria benghalensis L.
• Synonym(s) : Hiptage madablota Gaertn.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz
• Common name : Clustered hiptage, Hiptage, Helicopter Flower, Mahavi latha
• Vernacular name : Maadhavilata, Madholata, Kamti, Aneta (Hindi); Madhu Malathi, Maadhavi lata, Madhulatha (Kannada); Kurukkathi, Adigam, Madavi, Vasandi, Kariyapakku (Tamil); Madhavi-tige, Mutamu (Telugu); Boromali, Garunda, Natanageswar (Oria); Maadhavi (Sanskrit); Madhumalathi, Madhavilatha (Marathi); Chittilakody, Njarambodal, Pongapoo, Seethambu, Sitampu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Liana
• Habitat : Deciduous forests, along river banks in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
• Comments / notes : Occasional on the foothills of deciduous forests and also found along stream banks. Sometimes the leaves are used to wrap around tobacco dust for smoking.
• Flower, Fruit : January-November
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & Arun Singh
• Collection Date : 12/09/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0026
• Collection Locality : Javadu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Prakasam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Angul district, Cuttack district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : Eastern India
• World Distribution : India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, South China, Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; 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; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra vol.1.
• 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=Hiptage benghalensis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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