Kadsura heteroclita (Roxb.) Craib

 
  • Family : SCHISANDRACEAE
    (Kadsura Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KADSURA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Siphonodontacea
  • Basionym : Uvaria heteroclita Roxb.
  • Synonym(s) : Kadsura acuminata P.Parm.; Kadsura billitonensis A.Agostini; Kadsura championii C.B.Clarke; Kadsura interior A.C.Sm.; Kadsura parvifolia A.Agostini; Kadsura polysperma Y.C.Yang; Kadsura roxburghiana Arn.; Kadsura wattii C.B.Clarke; Kadsura wightiana Arn.; Schisandra crassifolia Pierre ex Finet & Gagnep.; Sphaerostema blumeana Griff.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Kadsura heteroclita (Roxb.) Craib
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : A stout glabrous woody climber
  • Key identification features : Evergreen, branches densely white-lenticelled. Leaves simple, serrate when young, entire when mature. Flowers white or yellowish; bracteoles many, ciliate, passing into tepals, unisexual. Carpels many, imbricate. Fruit head of many one-seeded carpels
  • Flower, Fruit : April-December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Wayanad district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia and China
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 74
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kadsura heteroclita. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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