- Family : MALPIGHIACEAE
(Malpighia Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MADHAVI LATA FAMILY (माधवी लता फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malpighiaceae
- Basionym : Banisteria benghalensis L.
- Synonym(s) : Banisteria benghalensis L.; Banisteria tetraptera Sonn.; Banisteria unicapsularis Lam.; Gaertnera indica J.F.Gmel.; Gaertnera obtusifolia (DC.) Roxb. ex G.Don; Hiptage benghalensis var. longifolia (Nied.) R.C.Srivast.; Hiptage javanica Blume; Hiptage leptophylla Hayata; Hiptage macroptera Merr.; Hiptage madablota Gaertn.; Hiptage malaiensis Nied.; Hiptage obtusifolia DC.; Hiptage parvifolia Wight & Arn.; Hiptage pinnata Elmer; Hiptage racemosa Oken; Hiptage tetraptera Merr.; Hiptage teysmannii Arènes; Hiptage trialata Span.; Platynema parvifolium (Wight & Arn.) D.Dietr.; Succowia fimbriata Dennst.; Triopterys jamaicensis Blanco
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz
- Common name : Clustered hiptage, Hiptage, Helicopter Flower, Mahavi latha
- Vernacular name :
- Maadhavilata, Madholata, Kamti, Aneta (Hindi)
- Madhu Malathi, Maadhavi lata, Madhulatha (Kannada)
- Kurukkathi, Adigam, Madavi, Vasandi, Kariyapakku (Tamil)
- Madhavi-tige, Mutamu (Telugu)
- Boromali, Garunda, Natanageswar (Oria)
- Maadhavi (Sanskrit)
- Madhumalathi, Madhavilatha (Marathi)
- Chittilakody, Njarambodal, Pongapoo, Seethambu, Sitampu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Liana
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, along river banks in semi-evergreen and Tropical evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Comments / notes : Occasional on the foothills of deciduous forests and also found along stream banks. Sometimes the leaves are used to wrap around tobacco dust for smoking.
- Key identification features : A large climbing shrub with a stout trunk. Flowers very fragrant, in axillary racemes collected at the end of the branches; pedicels slender with a gland near the calyx; petals white, fimbriate, reflexed, the upper one dashed with yellow; stamens 10, One longer than the rest. Fruit with 3 wings and 2 short lateral ones.
- Flower, Fruit : January-November
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh
- Collection Date : 09/12/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0026
- Collection Locality : Javadu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Prakasam district, West Godavari district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Angul district, Cuttack district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Long Island
- Native : Eastern India
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, South China, Malesia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra vol.1.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 106
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hiptage benghalensis. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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