- Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
(Morning-Glory Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
- Synonym(s) : Convolvulus nervosus Burm.f.; Ipomoea nervosa (Burm.f.) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Lettsomia nervosa (Burm.f.) Roxb.; Rivea nervosa (Burm.f.) Hallier f.; Argyreia speciosa (L.f.) Sweet; Convolvulus speciosus L.f.; Ipomoea speciosa (L.f.) Pers.; Ipomoea valerii Standl. & L.O.Williams; Samudra speciosa (L.f.) Raf.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Argyreia nervosa (Burm. f.) Bojer
- Common name : Elephant Creeper, Woolly morning glory
- Vernacular name :
- Samandar-ka-pat, Samandar-sok (Hindi)
- Chandrapada (Kannada)
- Samutrappachai, Kakkatan (Tamil)
- Samudra pala, Chandra pala (Telugu)
- Mundanoi (Oria)'
- Bastantri (Sanskrit)
- Maruthudari, Marikkunni, Samudrappacha (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Comments / notes : Grown as medicinal plant
- Flower, Fruit : December-June
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Nellore district, Vishakapatnam district, Anantapur district, East Godavari district, Krishna district
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Raichur district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Cultivated in tropical countries
- 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
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 191-192
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Argyreia nervosa. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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