- Family : CUCURBITACEAE
(Gourd Or Melon Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Cucurbitaceae
- Synonym(s) : Bryonia palmata L.; Coccinia palmata (L.) M.Roem.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C.Jeffrey
- Common name : Lollipop Climber
- Vernacular name :
- Shivalingi, Eshwarlingi (Hindi)
- Malinganaballi (Kannada)
- Iviralkovai (Tamil)
- Magalinga, Linga donda (Telugu)
- Shivlinga, Shivalingi, Kaudia (Oria)
- Lingini, Kahubotke (Sanskrit)
- Iyiviralikkova, Namakai, Naiunnikkai, Neyyunni, Pambukodi, Sivalingakkaya, Sivavalli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, also roadsides
- Comments / notes : Common in plains to 1400m as a vine on fences, thickets and river banks
- Flower, Fruit : August-January
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 31/10/2015
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-398
- Collection Locality : Way to Yelagari Hills, Vellore district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Ballari district, Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, Salem district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district, Chhatarpur
- West Bengal : Howrah
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- World Distribution : India, Africa, Sri Lanka, sub-tropical Himalayas, China, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Myanmar, Philippines, Java
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri district
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga district
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Diplocyclos palmatus. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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