Indian Birthwort
Aristolochia tagala
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Indian Birthwort
Identify Indian Birthwort 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: Curved pipe-shaped flowers.
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Aristolochiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Indian Birthwort.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aristolochia tagala
- Genus
- Aristolochia
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Shola borders, on thickets and in semi-Evergreen forests
- Native to
- Indo-Malaysia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Eastern Himalayas, China, Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Aristolochiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indian Birthwort itself; the rest are typical of the Aristolochiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- ஆடுதின்னாப்பாலை
- Malayalam
- ഈശ്വരമുല്ല, Aristolochia tagala, കർലകം
About Indian Birthwort
Indian Birthwort (Aristolochia tagala) belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family, where it grows as a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and 3 other states. It grows in shola borders, on thickets and in semi-Evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Aristolochiaceae
Birthwort Family
Indian Birthwort belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family.
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