Argyreia sikkimensis (C.B.Clarke) Ooststr.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ipomoea sikkimensis (C.B.Clarke) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Lettsomia sikkimensis C.B.Clarke; Mouroucoa sikkimensis (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Argyreia sikkimensis (C.B.Clarke) Ooststr.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Key identification features : Climbers, up to 10m long; stem and branches strigose hairy; Leaves elliptic-acuminate; Flowers in axillary corymbs, pinkish or lilac-red; bracts deciduous; Fruits ovoid, depressed, reddish.
  • Flower, Fruit : August- April
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 192
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Argyreia sikkimensis. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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