Chakranike / Chakrani
Thottea siliquosa
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Chakranike
Identify Chakranike by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Forest understory shrub, simpler cup-shaped flowers.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Aristolochiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chakranike.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Thottea siliquosa
- Genus
- Thottea
- Family
- Aristolochiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Aristolochiaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chakranike itself; the rest are typical of the Aristolochiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಚಕ್ರಾಣಿಕ Chakraanika, ಚಕ್ರಾಣಿಕೆ Chakranike, ನೀರುವಾಟೆ Neeru vaate
- Malayalam
- Alpam, അൽപ്പം
- Marathi
- Chakrani
About Chakranike
A member of the Aristolochiaceae family, Chakrani (Thottea siliquosa) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and 1 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Aristolochiaceae
Birthwort Family
Chakranike belongs to the Aristolochiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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