Bondvel / Oval Leaved Silverweed
Argyreia elliptica
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Bondvel
Identify Bondvel by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bondvel.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Argyreia elliptica
- Genus
- Argyreia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Margins of shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bondvel itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bondvel itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- உன்னாயங்கொடி Unnayankoti
- Marathi
- बोंडवेल Bondvel, Khedari
About Bondvel
A member of the Convolvulaceae family, Oval Leaved Silverweed (Argyreia elliptica) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. It grows in margins of shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Bondvel belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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