Bagamushada / Tapering-Leaf Tiliacora
Tiliacora acuminata
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Menispermaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Bilateral
- Inflorescence
- Variable
- Fruit
- Variable
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) is a liana belonging to the Menispermaceae family (Moonseed Family). It is typically found in stream banks of deciduous and moist deciduous forests, also sacred groves in the plains. It occurs across India, Nepal, SE. Asia, Sri Lanka. 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.
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