Adenia hondala (Gaertn.) W.J.de Wilde

 
  • Family : PASSIFLORACEAE
    (Passion-Flower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNA KAMAL FAMILY (कृष्णा कमल फैमिली )
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Passifloraceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Adenia hondala (Gaertn.) W.J.de Wilde
  • Common name : Hondala
  • Vernacular name :
    • Karimuthukku, Muthukku, Modekka, Thannikkeera (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Rare
  • Flower, Fruit : March-October
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Nos : KFP 2093, CJS 16759
  • Collection Locality : Vanagur (Hassan)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Raigad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district)
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Adenia hondala. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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