About Lollipop Climber
Diplocyclos palmatus is a vine in the family Cucurbitaceae. It is commonly known as native bryony or striped cucumber. In Marathi, it is called shivlingi due to its seed which resembles a lingam.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Diplocyclos palmatus
- Genus
- Diplocyclos
- Family
- CUCURBITACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also roadsides
- Distribution
- India, Africa, Sri Lanka, sub-tropical Himalayas, China, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Myanmar, Philippines, Java
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- शिवलिंगी shivalingi, शिवलिंगी [shivalingi]
- Nepali
- सावा sava, शिवलिंगी shivalingi, सावा [sava]
- Tamil
- ஐவிரலி aivirali, ஐவிரலி [aivirali], ஐவிரல் கோவை
- Telugu
- లింగ దొండ lingadonda, లింగ దొండ [lingadonda]
- Kannada
- ಲಿಂಗತೊಂಡೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ lingatonde balli, ಶಿವಲಿಂಗಿ shivalingi, ಮಹಾಲಿಂಗ [Ma-Haa-lin-gaa]
- Malayalam
- ഐവിരലിക്കോവ aiviralikkova, കരിങ്കായി karinkaayi, നെയ്യുണ്ണി neyyunni
- Marathi
- महादेवी mahadevi, शिवलिंगी shivalingi, महादेवी [maha-devi]
Botanical family
Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber/Gourd family
Lollipop Climber belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.
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