Baghchooda / Bristled Woodrose
Argyreia strigosa
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Sikkim
- Flowering
- January-February
How to identify Baghchooda
Identify Baghchooda by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Stiff bristly hairs on leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Sikkim.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Baghchooda.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Argyreia strigosa
- Genus
- Argyreia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Baghchooda 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 Baghchooda itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बाघचूड़ा Baghchooda
- Tamil
- Unnayangodi
- Marathi
- Masbel, Bhalsvel, दूधवेल Dudh wel
About Baghchooda
Bristled Woodrose (Argyreia strigosa) is a climber in the Convolvulaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Sikkim. Flowering and fruiting run from January to February.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Baghchooda belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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