Herbarium JCB

Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers

Family : MENISPERMACEAE
(Moonseed Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GILOY FAMILY (गिलोय फैमिली
Family (as per The APG System III) : MENISPERMACEAE
Basionym : Menispermum japonicum Thunb.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers
Vernacular name : Ulakana hambu (Kannada); Molagaranai kodi (Tamil); Pahad-vel, Pathal (Marathi); Patakilammu, Patavalli, Paasichedi (Malayalam)
Habit : Climbing shrub
Habitat : Evergreen and moist deciduous forests- on waysides, on thickets, exposed slopes, fences and shola borders
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, Navendu Page & K. Sankra Rao
Collection Date : 25/03/2016
Collection Nos : HJCB-0669
Collection Locality : Kolli Hills Ghat road, Namakkal district (TN)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Araku Hills (Vishakapatnam district), Maredumilli Hills (East Godavari district), Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Ahmednagar district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Pune district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Rayagada district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district), Namakkal district (Namakkal district), Kanyakumari district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malesia, China, Formosa, Korea, Japan, Tonga Islands
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.; Matthew, K.M., 1983. The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (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=Stephania japonica. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.