Mahasindhu / South Indian Symphorema
Symphorema polyandrum
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- March-May
How to identify Mahasindhu
Identify Mahasindhu 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: Numerous stamens per flower.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Symphorema polyandrum
- Genus
- Symphorema
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Malaysia, China
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mahasindhu itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mahasindhu itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- महासिंधु Mahasindhu
- Kannada
- ದೊಡ್ಡ ನರಂಬೋಧಲ್ Dodda Narambodhalu
- Malayalam
- വലിയ ഞരമ്പോടൽ Valiya Njarambodal
- Marathi
- दुर्मिळ भिंगरी Durmil Bhingari
About Mahasindhu
South Indian Symphorema (Symphorema polyandrum) is a climbing shrub in the Verbenaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to May.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Mahasindhu belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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