Adkebeelu Balli / Climbing Aroid
Pothos scandens
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Assam & more
- Flowering
- May-November
How to identify Adkebeelu Balli
Identify Adkebeelu Balli by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Small thin leaves, thin climbing stems.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Araceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Adkebeelu Balli.
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.
Araceae
Arum family
Adkebeelu Balli belongs to the Araceae family.
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