Rivea ornata Choisy

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Argyreia ornata (Roxb.) Sweet; Ipomoea ornata (Roxb.) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Lettsomia ornata Roxb.; Rivea roxburghii Prain ex Brandis; Rivea clarkeana Craib; Rivea laotica Ooststr.;Rivea ornata var. griffithii C.B.Clarke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rivea ornata (Roxb.) Choisy
  • Vernacular name :
    • Muchuttai (Tamil)
    • Boddi tige (Telugu)
    • Musta (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
  • Flower, Fruit : August-February
  • Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao
  • Collection Date : 19/11/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0164
  • Collection Locality : Palmaneru forest, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district
    • Karnataka : Kolar district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • .N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 197
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 182
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rivea ornata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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