Modecca cordifolia Blume

 
  • Family : PASSIFLORACEAE
    (Passion-Flower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNA KAMAL FAMILY (कृष्णा कमल फैमिली )
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Passifloraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Adenia obtusa (Blume) Engl.; Adenia quadrifida Merr.; Adenia vespertilio Hallier f.; Microblepharis cordifolia (Blume) M.Roem.; Microblepharis obtusa (Blume) M.Roem.; Modecca cordifolia Blume; Modecca obtusa Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Adenia cordifolia (Blume) Engl.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Forests
  • Key identification features : Twining herbs; Leaves membranous, glandular, cordate-roundish, acute, shortly petioled, slightly glaucous beneath; Flowers in axillary, long pendunculate, many flowered cymes; Fruits elongate.
  • Flower, Fruit : July- November
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
  • World Distribution : Andaman Island, Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Nicobar Island, Philippines, Sumatera, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 537
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Modecca cordifolia. Downloaded on 5 December 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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