Paederia scandens (Lour.) Merr.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Apocynum foetidum Burm.f.; Gentiana scandens Lour.; Hondbesseion foetidum (L.) Kuntze; Hondbesseion tomentosum (Blume) Kuntze; Paederia amboinensis Miq.; Paederia barbulata Miq.; Paederia chinensis Hance; Paederia chinensis f. microphylla Honda; Paederia corymbosa Noronha; Paederia dunniana H.Lév.; Paederia esquirolii H.Lév.; Paederia foetida f. microphylla (Honda) Tsukaya, Imaichi & J.Yokoy.; Paederia laxiflora Merr. ex H.L.Li; Paederia longituba Nakai; Paederia magnifolia Noronha; Paederia mairei H.Lév.; Paederia ovata Miq.; Paederia prainii Gand.; Paederia scandens var. maritima (Koidz.) H.Hara; Paederia scandens f. rubescens Asai; Paederia scandens f. rubrae-stellaris Konta & S.Matsumoto; Paederia sessiliflora Poir.; Paederia stenophylla Merr.; Paederia tomentosa Blume; Paederia uraiensis Hayata; Paederia villosa Hayata; Psychotria volubilis Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Reussia sarmentosa Dennst.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Paederia foetida L.
  • Common name : Skunk Vine, Chinese fever vine, Lesser Malayan stinkwort, stink vine
  • Vernacular name :
    • Yepe-tere (Adi)
    • Gandhali (Hindi)
    • Oinam (Manipuri)
    • Gandha bhadulia (Bengali)
    • Paduri lata (Assamese)
    • Mei iwtung (Khasi)
    • Vawih-uih-hrui (Mizo)
    • Pate biree (Nepali)
  • Habit : Perennial twining vine
  • Habitat : Growing on hillllsides, in forests, along forest edges, along streamsides, and twining on trees
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : East Nepal to North Central Japan, Malesia and Bismarck Archipelago, Christmas I., Florida, Hawaii, Mauritius, New Caledonia, North Carolina, Réunion
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 146
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Paederia scandens. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

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