Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) Jeffrey

 
  • 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
    • West Bengal : Howrah
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • World Distribution : India, Africa, Sri Lanka, sub-tropical Himalayas, China, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Myanmar, Philippines, Java
  • 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.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Diplocyclos palmatus. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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