- 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 smilacifolia Wall.
- Vernacular name : Hottuhambu (Kannada)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Rare twiner along streams and moist valleys up to 600-900m.
- Flower, Fruit : June-November
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vizag hills (Vishakapatnam district), Minumuluru (Vishakapatnam district), Yarlagadda Hills (East Godavari district)
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Odisha : Kalhandi district (Kalhandi district), Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Angul district (Angul district), Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Daringbadi Hills, Phulbani (Kandhamal district)
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
- Native : India
- World Distribution : India, Nepal, Myanmar, Java, Borneo, Philippines
- 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India 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 smilacifolia. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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