- Family : ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
(Birthwort Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ISHARMUL FAMILY (ईशरमूल फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Aristolochiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Aristolochia indica var. lanceolata (Wight) Duch.; Aristolochia indica var. magna Benth.; Aristolochia indica var. oxyphylla Duch.; Aristolochia lanceolata Wight; Aristolochia maysorensis Fisch. ex Duch.; Aristolochia pandurata Wall. ex Duch.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aristolochia indica L.
- Common name : Indian Birthwort
- Vernacular name :
- Esharmul (Hindi)
- Eshwariballi (Kannada)
- Perumarunthukodi, Urikkachedi, Thazhaisuruli kodi, Kozhikkundu (Tamil)
- Eshwari (Sanskrit)
- Eshwaramulla, Garudakodi, Iswaramooli, Kadalivegam, Karalakam, Karandavalli, Kudukkamooli, Urithoongi, Urikizhangu (Malayalam)
- Panairi, Panari, Gopakanna, Iswarmula, Oyidi, Bal-bolena (Oria)
- Nagasara, Iswariveru (Telugu)
- Eswar mul (Hindi)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Scrub
- Comments / notes : Often on plains from the coast, on thickets in scrub jungles, on wayside, by river banks. Common in Peninsular India
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy; C.J. Saldanha, S.R. Ramesh
- Collection Date : 26/11/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-151; KFP 2503
- Collection Locality : Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP); BR Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkaballapur (Nandidurg)
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Lakshadweep : Androth Islands
- Native : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malesia
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malesia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- 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
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 319
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aristolochia indica. 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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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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