• Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
  (Milkweed Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br.
• Common name : Indian Sarasaparilla, False sarsaparilla, Country sarasaparilla
• Vernacular name :
  • Antamul, Salsa, Kapuri, Magrabu (Hindi)
  • Namada beru, Nannari beru, Sugandhi beru, Sogade beru, Anantha beru (Kannada)
  • Nannari, Suganthipaala (Tamil)
  • Nannari, Sugandhi paala, Muttava pulagamu, Sugandapala, Alsugondhi, Adavi ippateega, Chinna sugandha (Telugu)
  • Onontomulo, Sugandhi, Raigadi, Chemiribaramula, Dudhi, Sukundi, Alsun kandi, Ladugora, Dudholeh, Thapa, Anontmul (Oria)
  • Sariva (Sanskrit)
  • Anantvel (Marathi)
  • Kappikodi, Nannari, Narunandi, Naruneendi, Naruninli, Narunotti, Pakida, Paravalli, Sarsaparilla (Malayalam)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Roots are fleshy and aromatic, considered as blood-purifier.
• Flower, Fruit : September-June
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy; John Kaby; N.A.Irani
• Collection Date : 28-11-2014, 04-07-1976, 03-09-1954
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-154, SJC12, NI 134
• Collection Locality : Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP); Kallar, Kerala; Dang district (GU)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Bidar district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district, Pune
  • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
  • Jharkhand :
  • Gujarat : DNorth Gujarat district
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
  • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • 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
  • Matthew, K.M., The 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
  • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
  • 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
  • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
  • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
• 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=Hemidesmus indicus var. indicus. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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