Arale Hullu / Climbing Flower Cup
Floscopa scandens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Assam, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- January-October
How to identify Arale Hullu
Identify Arale Hullu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Scrambling climbing habit unusual for the family.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Assam, Kerala, Manipur and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Commelinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Arale Hullu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Floscopa scandens
- Genus
- Floscopa
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy areas
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia and Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-October
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Commelinaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Arale Hullu itself; the rest are typical of the Commelinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Vazhaparathi-pullu
- Telugu
- Konda-amadikada
- Kannada
- Arale hullu, hatthi hullu, Arale Hullu
- Malayalam
- Padathipullu
- Marathi
- Badishep
About Arale Hullu
Climbing Flower Cup (Floscopa scandens) is a herb in the Commelinaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Assam, Kerala and 10 other states. It grows in marshy areas. Flowering and fruiting run from January to October.
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Arale Hullu belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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