Aristolochia tagala Cham.

 
  • Family : ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
    (Birthwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ISHARMUL FAMILY (ईशरमूल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Aristolochiaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aristolochia acuminata Lam.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kozhikkoddu chedi (Tamil)
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Shola borders, on thickets and in Tropical semi-evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills to 750m in ravines
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collector(s) Name : Navendu Page, Arun Singhm Raja K. Swamy, K. Sankara Rao
  • Collection Date : 24/03/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-350
  • Collection Locality : Kolli Hills Ghat road, Namakkal district (TN)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Uttara Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district
    • Tamil Nadu : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district)
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Manipur
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thail
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Eastern Himalayas, China, Malesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Parthsarathy, N & Muthumperumal, C 2009. Check List 5(1): 092-111
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan
    • Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
    • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg
    • 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: 319-320
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aristolochia tagala. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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