• 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) : Argyreia osyrensis (Roth) Choisy
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Margins of grasslands
• Comments / notes : On plains across scrub jungles, on bushes etc.
• Flower, Fruit : September-April
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Puri district, Dhenkanal district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Coimbatore district, Villipuram district
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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 osyrensis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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