• Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  (Morning-Glory Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Common name : Woodrose
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Comments / notes : Common as undergrowth of deciduous forests
• Key identification features : Leaves glabrous above, silky beneath. Flowers large, inflorescence few flowered cymes. Corolla purple funnel shaped. Fruit is an ellipsoildal capsule.
• Flower, Fruit : July-April
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
• Native : India
• Endemism : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : K.S.Rao-Flowering Plants of IISC, 2009
• 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=Argyreia bracteata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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