About Indian Birthwort
Aristolochia indica (native language: Garudakkodi / Eswaramooli) is a creeper plant found in Southern India and also Sri Lanka. It Is known as 'sapsada' in Sri Lanka and is critical to the survival of the southern birdwing and common birdwing, as well as crimson and common rose butterflies. It reaches a height of several metres on trees and cover the branches with thick foliage. It is commonly found in forest floor, rocky hillslopes. It flowers once a year to produce seeds. It can also be propagated by roots. The plant has a number of historical medicinal uses.
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Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aristolochia indica
- Genus
- Aristolochia
- Family
- ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Open dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- ईशरमूल isharmul, विषापहा vishapaha
- Nepali
- इसहरमूल Isaharamool, इश्वरी Ishwaree, ईश्वरमुल
- Bengali
- ঈশ্বরমূল isvaramula, ঈশের মূল
- Tamil
- ஈச்சுரமூலி ishvara-muli, மாம்பாஞ்சான் mampancan, பெருமருந்து peru-maruntu
- Telugu
- ఈశ్వరవేరు ishvara-veru, దూలగోవిల dulagovila, ఈశ్వర వేరు
- Kannada
- ಗೋಪಾಲಪುಟ್ಟಿ ತೊಪ್ಪಲು Gopalapatti Toppalu, ತೊಪ್ಪಲು Toppalu ಈಶ್ವರ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Ishvara Balli, ಈಶ್ವರ ಬೇರು
- Malayalam
- ഈശ്വരമൂലി eeswaramooli, കടലിവേഗം kadalivegam, കരളവേകം karalavekam
- Marathi
- सापसण sapsan, सापसंद sapasanda
Aristolochiaceae
Birthwort Family
Indian Birthwort belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family.
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