Safed Bel / Bridal Creeper
Porana paniculata
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-January
How to identify Safed Bel
Identify Safed Bel by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Masses of tiny white flowers (bridal creeper).
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Safed Bel.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Porana paniculata
- Genus
- Porana
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Native to
- Indo-Himalaya, Myanmar
- Distribution
- Cultivated in tropics
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Safed Bel itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Safed Bel itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- kikamir
- Hindi
- सफ़ेद बेल Safed bel, bel kamu, faindal, hirohi ra vel
- Kannada
- ಮಾಲತಿ ಬಲ್ಲೀ Maalathi balli
- Sanskrit
- कान्ता Kanta
- Telugu
- Chitti boddi, Malatijapanatige
About Safed Bel
A member of the Convolvulaceae family, Bridal Creeper (Porana paniculata) is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and 8 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Safed Bel belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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