- 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 IPNI) : 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.
- Key identification features : Climbers with fleshy roots and cylindric tubers; Stems woody below; branches terete, twining; Leaves broadly ovate, cordate, acuminate, membranous, shining beneath, 3-9 costate above; Flowers solitary axillary. greenish with purplish nerves; Capsules ovoid or oblong, compressed, few-seeded.
- Flower, Fruit : July-October
- 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
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 193
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Stemona tuberosa. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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