Calico-Flower
Aristolochia elegans
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering
- April-July
How to identify Calico-Flower
Identify Calico-Flower 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: Showy calico-patterned flat flowers (calico flower).
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Solitary.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aristolochia elegans
- Genus
- Aristolochia
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Brazil
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- CordaterecordedHeart-shaped, with a notch at the base.“The slender stems are woody and the leaves are bright green, cordate, amplexicaul, 7–9 centimetres (2.8–3.5 in) long and 5–10 centimetres (2.0–3.9 in) wide, forming a dense attract” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Calico-Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Aristolochiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“These unusual flowers are about 7–8 centimetres (2.8–3.1 in) long, grow solitary in the and resemble Sherlock Holmes's pipe (hence the common name of "Dutchman's pipe").” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The numerous winged seeds are borne in dry dehiscent capsules that split like small parachutes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Calico-Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Aristolochiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Calico-Flower
Calico-Flower (Aristolochia elegans) belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand and West Bengal. It is cultivated. Flowering and fruiting run from April to July.
Aristolochiaceae
Birthwort Family
Calico-Flower belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family.
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