• Family : STEMONACEAE
  (Stemona Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : STEMONA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : STEMONACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Roxburghia gloriosoides Jones ex Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Stemona tuberosa Lour.
• Vernacular name : Kaniputeega, Ijedin gadda, Adavi tamara (Telugu); Koelakand, Kelya kanda (Oria)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Open forests
• Comments / notes : On hills about 600m. Often more gregarious and associated along moist places.
• Flower, Fruit : February-July
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Tiruchirapalli district
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Indo-China, South China, Malesia, Papua New Guinea
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Stemona tuberosa. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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