Varavalli
Calycopteris floribunda
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering
- January-May
How to identify Varavalli
Identify Varavalli by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Persistent 5-winged papery calyx around the fruit.
- Confirm fruit type: Samara.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Combretaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Varavalli.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Calycopteris floribunda
- Genus
- Calycopteris
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist and dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles, also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Combretaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- SamararecordedA dry, winged fruit adapted for wind dispersal.“The fluffy sham-winged fruit, which is about 8 mm long, has 5 edges and 5 persistent calices which enlarges into the fluffy wing 10–14 mm in length.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Varavalli itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- எறுழம்
- Telugu
- అడవి జామ, అడవిజామ
- Kannada
- ಕುಸುಕನ ಬಳ್ಳಿ
- Malayalam
- പുല്ലാഞ്ഞി, Calycopteris floribunda, പുല്ലാനി
About Varavalli
Varavalli (Calycopteris floribunda) belongs to the Combretaceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra. It grows in moist and dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from January to May.
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Varavalli belongs to the Combretaceae family.
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