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Cassytha filiformis L.

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Cassytha filiformis L.
Cassytha filiformis L.
Cassytha filiformis L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCalodium cochinchinensis Lour.
synonymCassytha americana Nees
synonymCassytha aphylla (Forssk.) Raeusch.
synonymCassytha archboldiana C. K. Allen
synonymCassytha brasiliensis Mart. ex Nees
synonymCassytha capensis Meisn.
synonymCassytha dissitiflora Meisn.
synonymCassytha guineensis Schum. & Thonn.
synonymCassytha novoguineensis Kanehira & Hatusima
synonymCassytha senegalensis A. Chev.
synonymCassytha timoriensis Gandoger
synonymCassytha triflora E. Mey.
synonymCassytha zeylanica Gaertn
synonymOzarthris capense Rafin.
synonymRumputris fasciculata Rafin.
synonymSpironema aphylla (Forssk.) Rafin.
synonymVolutella aphylla Forssk.
🗒 Common Names
Hindi
  • आकास बेल Akas Bel
Kannada
  • ಅಮರ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Amara Balli
  • ಆಕಾಶ ಬಳ್ಳೀ Aakaasha Balli
  • ಜನಿವಾರ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Janivaara Balli
  • ದಾರದ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Daarada Balli
  • ಬೀಳು ಬಳ್ಳಿ Bilu Balli
  • ಮಮ್ಗನ ಉಡಿದಾರ Mamgana Udidaara
Konkani
  • आंकासवेल Ankasvel
Malayalam
  • Akasavalli
  • Moodillathali
Marathi
  • अमरवेल Amarvel
  • अंबरवेल Ambarvel
Oriya
  • Akashavuli
Other
  • Air Creeper
  • Akasavalli
  • Amarvel
  • Devil's Gut
  • Dodder-laurel
  • Erumaikkottan
  • Green Thread Creeper
  • Love Vine
  • Moss Creeper
  • Princess Hair
  • Sita's Yarn
Sanskrit
  • आकासवल्ली Akasavalli
Tamil
  • எருமைக்கொற்றான் Erumai-k-korran
  • தூற்றுமைக்கொற்றான் Turrumai-k-korran
  • பசுங்கொற்றான் Pacu-n-korran
Telugu
  • ఆకాశవల్లి Akasa-valli
Urdu
  • آکاس بيل Akas Bel
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Leafless twiners. Spikes terminal or axillary; peduncle 2-4.5 cm; bracteoles 3, ovate, 1.2 mm, ciliate. Flowers sub sessile, in spikes, 3-merous, bisexual, 3 mm across. Tepals 6, free, unequal, 3+3, truncate, obtuse; outer lobes ovate-orbicular, 1.2 mm, ciliate; inner lobes obovate, 2.5 mm. Fertile stamens 9; filaments 1.5 mm; glands sessile; anthers 2-celled, 1.5 mm; staminodes 3, to 1 mm. Ovary 1.5 mm; style 0.5mm; stigma capitate. Drupe globose, enclosed within inflated perianth, crowned by lobes; seed 1.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Habit: Twiner
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: August-September
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Parasite
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Among bushes in plains
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Description
              Global Distribution

              Pantropical

              Indian distribution

              State - Kerala, District/s: Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad, Ernakulam

              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Maharashtra: Pune, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, S. Kanara Kerala: Alapuzha, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: All districts
                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  No Data
                  📚 Occurrence
                  No Data
                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses

                  System of Medicines Used In

                  Ayurveda
                  Ayurveda
                  Folk medicine
                  Folk medicine
                  Siddha
                  Siddha
                  Traditional chinese medicine
                  Traditional chinese medicine
                  System Of Medicines Used In

                  Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=475
                  Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=475
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    No Data
                    📚 Information Listing
                    References
                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                    1. Cassytha filiformis L., Sp. Pl. 35. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 188. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1241(868). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 250. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 344. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 323. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 392. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 688. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 397. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 608. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 696. 2009.
                    1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=475
                    Information Listing > References
                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                    2. Cassytha filiformis L., Sp. Pl. 35. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 188. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1241(868). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 250. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 344. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 323. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 392. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 688. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 397. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 608. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 696. 2009.
                    3. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=475
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                    📚 Meta data
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                    🐾 Taxonomy
                    RootRoot
                    KingdomPlantae
                    PhylumTracheophyta
                    ClassMagnoliopsida
                    OrderLaurales
                    FamilyLauraceae
                    GenusCassytha
                    SpeciesCassytha filiformis L.
                    📊 Temporal Distribution
                    📷 Related Observations
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