Herbarium JCB

Clematis gouriana Roxb.

Family : RANUNCULACEAE
(Buttercup Or Crowfoot Family)
Family (Hindi name) : NEELAMABARI FAMILY (नीलाम्बरी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : RANUNCULACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Clematis gouriana Roxb. ex DC.
Common name : Goat's beard
Vernacular name : Thalejadari (Kannada); Gowri-kuntala (Telugu); Bariamal, Badamganti (Oria); Murva (Sanskrit); Attumeesaikkodi, Muruvali, Poriporichangodi (Tamil); Moriyel, Morvel, Shendvel (Marathi); Nikidakodi (Malayalam)
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
Comments / notes : Common on hills above 750m, usually spreading on thickets and trees along forest borders
Flower, Fruit : November-April
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Horsley Hills (Chittoor district), Galikonda hills (Vishakapatnam district)
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Dharwad district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Ballari district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Sindhudurg district, Kolhapur district, Buldhana district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Thane district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Gajapati district, Bolangir district, Rayagada district, Kalhandi district
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
Native : Indo-China, Himalayas
World Distribution : Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Java, Philippines, China, Sri Lanka
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra vol.1; N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. 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=Clematis gouriana. Downloaded on 3 July 2025.