- Family : LINACEAE
(Flax Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI ALSI FAMILY (जंगली अलसी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Linaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Not found in The Plant List
- Common name : Climbing flax
- Vernacular name :
- Mullu ankole, Modirakkani gida (Kannada)
- Mothirakkanni, Agori (Tamil)
- Kakibira, Pisangi, Gatrinta, Thenekaya (Telugu)
- Chulijinkha (Oria)
- Kaamsamarah (Sanskrit)
- Kaarthotti, Modirakkanni (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Dry and Tropical moist deciduous forests, also scrub jungles of the plains
- Comments / notes : Occasional in dry deciduous and scrub forests up to 900m. Flowers are showy.
- Flower, Fruit : May-October
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Imran Baig, A.N.Sringeswara
- Collection Date : 04/09/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-37
- Collection Locality : Polur Ghat, Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Palakonda RF, Guvvalacheruvu RF (Kadapa district), Chittoor district, Prakasam district, Nellore district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : All hills of Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Native : South India, Sri Lanka
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats 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
- 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.
- Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hugonia mystax. 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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