About Climbing Flower Cup
Floscopa scandens is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common name climbing flower cup. It is a subscandent herb native to the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. In Western Ghats it is commonly found near streams and marshy localities in the forests of Western Ghats.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Floscopa scandens
- Genus
- Floscopa
- Family
- COMMELINACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy areas
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia and Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-October
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Vazhaparathi-pullu
- Telugu
- Konda-amadikada
- Kannada
- Arale hullu, hatthi hullu, Arale Hullu
- Malayalam
- Padathipullu
- Marathi
- Badishep
Commelinaceae
Spiderwort Family
Climbing Flower Cup belongs to the Commelinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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