About Indian Birthwort
Aristolochia tagala is commonly known as Indian birthwort and locally as Dutchman's pipe.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- ஆடுதின்னாப்பாலை
- Malayalam
- ഈശ്വരമുല്ല, Aristolochia tagala, കർലകം
Botanical family
Aristolochiaceae
Birthwort Family
Indian Birthwort belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family.
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