Conocephalus suaveolens Blume

 
  • Family : URTICACEAE
    (Nettle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BICHCHHOO FAMILY (बिच्छू फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Urticaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Covellia composita Miq.; Covellia grandifolia Miq.; Balansaephytum tonkinense Drake; Conocephalus ellipticus Trécul; Conocephalus gratus Miq.; Conocephalus mollis Gagnep.; Conocephalus mollis Merr.; Conocephalus naucleiformis Lindl.; Conocephalus oblanceolatus Ridl.; Conocephalus ovatus Trécul
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Poikilospermum suaveolens (Blume) Merr.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Garden plant
  • Key identification features : Large, evergreen, woody climbers; bark with white patches, turning brown; Leaves elliptic, ovate-elliptic or ovate-oblong, subcoriacous, puberulous beneath; cystoliths prominent above; Flowers in axillary, cymose heads, fragrant; Fruits syncarpus.
  • Flower, Fruit : December- April
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Planted
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.927. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 421
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Conocephalus suaveolens. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

India Distribution

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