Akanadi / Tapevine
Stephania japonica
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Assam, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Stephania japonica
- Genus
- Stephania
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and moist deciduous forests- on waysides, on thickets, exposed slopes, fences and shola borders
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malesia, China, Formosa, Korea, Japan, Tonga Islands
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Peltate (shield-shaped, stalk attaches at center)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Akanadi itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“Greenish small flowers form on compound umbels, growing from the in the warmer months.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- UmbelrecordedFlower stalks all radiate from a single point, like umbrella ribs.“Greenish small flowers form on compound umbels, growing from the in the warmer months.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruit is an oval shaped, orange or red drupe, 2 to 5 mm long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Characters marked “recorded” are for Akanadi itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- बाटुले पाती Baatule Paati, बाटुलपाते Baatulapaate, पाठा Paathaa, बाटुलीपाते
- Bengali
- আকনাদি Akanadi, Kanadi, Chhotopard, আকনাদি
- Malayalam
- Patakkilannu
About Akanadi
A member of the Menispermaceae family, Tapevine (Stephania japonica) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Karnataka and 11 other states. It grows in evergreen and moist deciduous forests- on waysides, on thickets, exposed slopes, fences and shola borders. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Akanadi belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
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