✿Araceae · Pothos
Adkebeelu Balli / Climbing Aroid
Pothos scandens
Climbing shruboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Assam & more
- Flowering
- May-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pothos scandens
- Genus
- Pothos
- Family
- Araceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests, waste places and sacred groves
- Distribution
- India, Madagascar to New Guinea
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Puducherry, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Basal
Characters marked “recorded” are for Adkebeelu Balli itself; the rest are typical of the Araceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Inflorescence
- Spike
Typical of the Araceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Bengali
- বাতি লতা Bati Lata, হাতি লতা Hati Lata
- Kannada
- ಅಡ್ಕೆಬೀಳು ಬಳ್ಳಿ Adkebeelu Balli, ಆಗಚೊಪ್ಪು Agachoppu, ಅಕ್ಕಿಬಳ್ಳಿ Akkiballi
- Malayalam
- ആനപ്പരുവ Aanapparuva, പരിവള്ളി Parivalli, പരുവക്കൊടി Paruvakodi
- Marathi
- बेंदर्ली Bendarli
About Adkebeelu Balli
A member of the Araceae family, Climbing Aroid (Pothos scandens) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Assam and 9 other states. It grows in evergreen forests, waste places and sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from May to November.
Botanical family
Araceae
Arum family
Adkebeelu Balli belongs to the Araceae family.
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