Budana Balli / Shingled Silverweed
Argyreia osyrensis
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- September-April
How to identify Budana Balli
Identify Budana Balli 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Overlapping shingle-like bracts.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Budana Balli.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Argyreia osyrensis
- Genus
- Argyreia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Margins of grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Budana Balli 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 Budana Balli itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಬೂದನ ಬಳ್ಳ budana balli, ಜಾಜುಗಾರನ ಹಂಬು jaajugaarana hambu, ಉಗನಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ ugani balli
- Marathi
- बोंडवेल bondvel, लहान गायरी lahan gayari
About Budana Balli
A member of the Convolvulaceae family, Shingled Silverweed (Argyreia osyrensis) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in margins of grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Convolvulaceae
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Budana Balli belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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