Clustered hiptage
Hiptage benghalensis
Also known as Hiptage, Helicopter Flower, Mahavi latha
About Clustered hiptage
Hiptage benghalensis, often simply called hiptage, is a perennial, evergreen liana native to India, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Its habitat is variable and prefers climates ranging from warm temperate to tropical. In Hawaii, where H. benghalensis is considered a weed, as it is in Australia, Mauritius and Réunion, it grows from sea level to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). H. benghalensis is cultivated for its white-pink scented flowers.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hiptage benghalensis
- Genus
- Hiptage
- Family
- MALPIGHIACEAE
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, along river banks in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Native to
- Eastern India
- Distribution
- India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, South China, Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Madhavi lata माधवी लता
- Nepali
- चारपाते लहरो Charpate laharo
- Bengali
- মাধবীলতা Madhabilata, মাধবীলতা
- Tamil
- குருக்கத்தி, மாதவி (மலர்)
- Kannada
- ಮಾಧವಿ Madhavi, ವಸಂತದೂತಿ Vasantadooti ಅದಿರ್ಗಂತಿ Adirganti, ಅದಿರ್ಗಂಚಿ Adirganchi
- Malayalam
- മാധവി
Malpighiaceae
Malpighia Family
Clustered hiptage belongs to the Malpighiaceae family.
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