Bagamushada / Tapering-Leaf Tiliacora
Tiliacora acuminata
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Bagamushada
Identify Bagamushada by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaves drawn out to a long tapering tip.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Telangana and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Menispermaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bagamushada.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tiliacora acuminata
- Genus
- Tiliacora
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Stream banks of deciduous and moist deciduous forests, also sacred groves in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, SE. Asia, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The plant, also known as Tapering-Leaf Tiliacora, can reach heights of 5–8 meters and has ovate to lance-shaped leaves that are hairless and larger on male plants.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“The plant, also known as Tapering-Leaf Tiliacora, can reach heights of 5–8 meters and has ovate to lance-shaped leaves that are hairless and larger on male plants.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bagamushada itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Typical of the Menispermaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bagamushada, কালিলতা
- Bengali
- কালিলতা
- Tamil
- Perunkattukkoti
- Telugu
- Adavi thamalapaaku, Kappa teega
- Kannada
- ಕುರಿಬಳ್ಳಿ Kuri balli
- Malayalam
- Vallikanjiram, vallikannimaram, കൊടപ്പാറവള്ളി
About Bagamushada
Tapering-Leaf Tiliacora (Tiliacora acuminata) belongs to the Menispermaceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and 3 other states. It grows in stream banks of deciduous and moist deciduous forests, also sacred groves in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Bagamushada belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the Menispermaceae familySnap it. Know it.
Point your camera at Bagamushada or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.
Common plant problems
If you are starting from symptoms instead of a diagnosis, use the plant disease symptom checker to narrow the cause before treating.
All plant problem & care guides