• Family : CUCURBITACEAE
  (Gourd Or Melon Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Cucurbitaceae
• Synonym(s) : Bryonia palmata L.; Coccinia palmata (L.) M.Roem.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C.Jeffrey
• Common name : Lollipop Climber
• Vernacular name :
  • Shivalingi, Eshwarlingi (Hindi)
  • Malinganaballi (Kannada)
  • Iviralkovai (Tamil)
  • Magalinga, Linga donda (Telugu)
  • Shivlinga, Shivalingi, Kaudia (Oria)
  • Lingini, Kahubotke (Sanskrit)
  • Iyiviralikkova, Namakai, Naiunnikkai, Neyyunni, Pambukodi, Sivalingakkaya, Sivavalli (Malayalam)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Deciduous forests, also roadsides
• Comments / notes : Common in plains to 1400m as a vine on fences, thickets and river banks
• Flower, Fruit : August-January
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 31/10/2015
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-398
• Collection Locality : Way to Yelagari Hills, Vellore district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Kolar district, Ballari district, Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, Salem district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district, Chhatarpur
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • West Bengal : Howrah
  • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kinnaur district, Lahaul & Spiti district
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
  • Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
• Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto,
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Norfolk Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
  • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
  • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
  • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
  • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
  • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri district
  • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district
  • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga district
  • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
  • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
  • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
  • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
  • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 302
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Diplocyclos palmatus. Downloaded on 30 April 2025.

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