About Tapering-Leaf Tiliacora
Tiliacora acuminata is a large woody climbing shrub or liana native to the Indian Subcontinent and Indo-China. It grows in wet tropical biomes and is found in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, and the West Himalayas. 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. Its inflorescences are axillary, stalked racemose cymes with small, yellow flowers, and it produces oblong-ovoid to obovoid drupes.
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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
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bagamushada
- Bengali
- কালিলতা
- Tamil
- Perunkattukkoti
- Telugu
- Adavi thamalapaaku, Kappa teega
- Kannada
- ಕುರಿಬಳ್ಳಿ Kuri balli
- Malayalam
- Vallikanjiram, vallikannimaram, കൊടപ്പാറവള്ളി
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Tapering-Leaf Tiliacora belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
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