- Family : STERCULIACEAE
(Sterculia Or Cocoa Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : COCOA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Helicteres isora L.
- Common name : East-Indian screw Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Marodphali, Aita, Aitum (Hindi)
- Yedamuri, Kempukaaveri (Kannada)
- Velampuri, Vadampiri, Kaiva, Idampuri (Tamil)
- Nulita, Kavanchi, Syamali, Purikaya, Guba tada, Nuli tada (Telugu)
- Murmuriya, Muri-muri, Kurkurbicha (Oria)
- Aavartanee (Sanskrit)
- Murudsheng, Ati, Kewan, Murudseng (Marathi)
- Edampiri-Valampiri, Eeswaramoori, Kaivum, Kayinaru, Kayivilanaru, Kayivoolam, Kayyunanna, Valampiri (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Deciduous forests, also in plantations and plains
- Comments / notes : Common in dry deciduous forests. Also brought into gardens and plantations.
- Flower, Fruit : April-January
- Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar; Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 23-08-1979, 09-02-1968
- Collection Nos : KFP 9043, SJC 11601
- Collection Locality : Sandur hills, Bellary district; Shiradi ghat, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Andhra Pradesh
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- 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
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- 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
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore 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
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Helicteres isora. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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