Argyreia roxburghii var. ampla C.B. Clarke

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Argyreia ampla Choisy; Argyreia burneyi Gage; Argyreia multiflora Voigt; Convolvulus roxburghii Wall.; Ipomoea multiflora Roxb.; Ipomoea roxburghii Sweet; Rivea multiflora Hallier f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Argyreia roxburghii (Sweet) Choisy
  • Vernacular name :
    • Hnemi-nu-chhu (Mizo)
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Rocky soil, Open scrub in terai and subtropical zone; 220 - 1450 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Rare on lateritic soil
  • Key identification features : Spreading climbers, up to 10m or more long; Leaves ovate-cordate, patently soft villous on both surfaces; Flowers in dense, axillary corymbs, 4-5 cm long, pinkish purple with deep chocolate within, densely silky outside in bud, twisted; bracts large, persistent or deciduous; Fruits subglobose, yellow.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-January
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 181
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 841
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 192
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Argyreia roxburghii var. ampla. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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