Argyreia strigosa (Roth) Sant. & Patel

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Argyreia capitiformis (Poir.) Ooststr.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Key identification features : Climbers or twinners; stout, brownish hairy; Leaves ovate-lanceolate, cordate, densely brownish patent hairy; Flowers in axillary clusters, up to 5 cm long, rosy violet; bracts hirsute, persistent; Fruits orange-red.
  • Flower, Fruit : September- April
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Bidar district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Maharashtra : Pune district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
    • N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Photographs by K. Sankara Rao from Pune district, Maharashtra
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 191
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Argyreia strigosa. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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