- Family : MENISPERMACEAE
(Moonseed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GILOY FAMILY (गिलोय फैमिली
- Family (as per The APG System III) : MENISPERMACEAE
- Basionym : Cocculus glaucescens Blume
- Synonym(s) : Cocculus macrocarpus Wight & Arn.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Diploclisia glaucescens (Blume) Diels
- Vernacular name : Morasankodi, Korrai-yachachi (Tamil); Ramrakh (Marathi); Vattavalli, Vattoli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Liana
- Habitat : Evergreen, semi-evergreen-and moist deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : In forests at altitude 600-900m and abundant in sheltered sholas and ravines.
- Flower, Fruit : February-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Namakkal district, Salem district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Salem district, Vellore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Villipuram district, Tiruvannamalai district
- Native : Tropical Asia
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, South China, Thailand
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; 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.
- 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=Diploclisia glaucescens. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.
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