Adenia cardiophylla (Mast.) Engler

 
  • Family : PASSIFLORACEAE
    (Passion-Flower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNA KAMAL FAMILY (कृष्णा कमल फैमिली )
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Passifloraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Modecca cardiophylla Mast.; Modecca parviflora Blanco; Passiflora parviflora Blanco
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Adenia cardiophylla (Mast.) Engl.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Forests
  • Comments / notes : Climber on bushes along the road side. Nothern Eastern Ghats
  • Key identification features : Climbers; Leaves membranous, long petioled, cordate-ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, entire, rarely palmately lobed; Inflorescence a cyme on long cylindrical peducles; Flowers many.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-September
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • Ravikumar & Balachandran-2014, Journal of Threatened Taxa 6(8): 6108–6121
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 536-537
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Adenia cardiophylla. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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