✿Linaceae · Hugonia
Mothirakanni / Climbing Flax
Hugonia mystax
Climbing shrubMedicinal
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- May-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hugonia mystax
- Genus
- Hugonia
- Family
- Linaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Dry and moist deciduous forests, also scrub jungles of the plains
- Native to
- South India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Linaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Mothirakanni, Agori, Agure
- Kannada
- balle, Kaaka Beera, Modira Kanni Gida
- Malayalam
- Modirakkanni, Kaarthottii, കാർക്കോട്ടി
- Marathi
- कंसमारी Kansmari
About Mothirakanni
Climbing Flax (Hugonia mystax) is a climbing shrub belonging to the Linaceae family (Flax Family). It is typically found in dry and moist deciduous forests, also scrub jungles of the plains. Native to South India, Sri Lanka, it is distributed across India, Sri Lanka. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during May-October. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Botanical family
Linaceae
Flax Family
Mothirakanni belongs to the Linaceae family.
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