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Pachygone ovata (Poiret) J. D. Hook. & Thompson

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Pachygone ovata (Poiret) J. D. Hook. & Thompson
Pachygone ovata (Poiret) J. D. Hook. & Thompson
Pachygone ovata (Poiret) J. D. Hook. & Thompson
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCissampelos ovata Poir.
synonymCocculus brachystachyus DC.
synonymCocculus leptostachyus DC.
synonymCocculus plukenetii DC.
synonymCocculus wightianus Wall.
synonymKoon zeylanicus Gaertn.
synonymMenispermum brachystachyon Spreng.
synonymMenispermum leptostachyon Spreng.
synonymPachygone adversa Miers
synonymPachygone brachystachyus Miers
synonymPachygone concinna Miers
synonymPachygone hebephylla Miers
synonymPachygone laevigata Zippel ex Diels
synonymPachygone leptostachys Miers
synonymPachygone odorifera Miers
synonymPachygone wightiana Miers
synonymPachygone zeylanica Santapau & Wagh
🗒 Common Names
Malayalam
  • Katukodyvally
Other
  • Eng
  • Javanakodi
Tamil
  • Kattukkodi
  • Kattukodi
📚 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
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References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Climbing shrubs; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 3-7 x 2-3.5 cm, ovate, mucronate at tip, 3-5 nerved; petioles 1.5-2.5 cm, hairy. Racemes axillary, flowers white, pubescent, male flowers - in the axils of subulate bracts; outer sepals smaller, linear, inner obovate; petals white, auricled and embracing the filaments; stamens free, filaments incurved, pistillodes 3, female flowers - staminodes 6; carpels 3. Drupe 7 x 6 mm, reniform, endocarp smooth.
    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
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    References 
      Habit: Climbing Shrub
      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
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      References 
        Habit: A medium-sized straggling shrub, to 10m.
        Keystone Foundation
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        Contributors 
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          No Data
          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: January-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 
            Morphology
            Flower

            In a solitary racemes or 2 to 3 in a cluster; yellow. Flowering from February-April.

            Fruit

            A reniform drupe; green when young, later orange, style scar subbasal. Fruiting April onwards.

            Field tips

            Leaves 3-nerved from base.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Alternate-distichous

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Ovate-lanceolate

            Leaf Apex

            Retuse-mucronate

            Leaf Base

            Obtuse-rounded

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

            Keystone Foundation
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            Contributors 
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              Associations

              Pollinators

              Bees
              Bees
              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Western Ghats, Dry Deciduous Forests
              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
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              References 
                No Data
                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Dry deciduous forests
                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
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                References 
                  More common in secondary forests. Foothills, scrub jungles to 900m, on the hill forests along the slopes and shola borders. Peninsular India, Sri Lanka, North east Australia, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Timor, New Guinea.
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                    Description
                    Global Distribution

                    Indo-Malesia to Australia

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Palakkad

                    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 
                      Karnataka: Mysore Kerala: Idukki
                      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 
                        Common in scrub jungles, thickets in deciduous forests from plains to 900m. India, Sri Lanka, Malesia and N.Australia.
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                          No Data
                          📚 Occurrence
                          No Data
                          📚 Uses and Management
                          Uses

                          System of Medicines Used In

                          Folk medicine
                          Folk medicine
                          Medicinal
                          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
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                          References 
                            Stems used to make ropes.
                            Keystone Foundation
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                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
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                            References 
                              System Of Medicines Used In

                              Folk medicine

                              FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2486
                              Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2486
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                              References 
                                Folklore
                                Indigenous Information: Fruits edible.
                                Keystone Foundation
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                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                  No Data
                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
                                  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=2486
                                  1. Pachygone ovata (Poir.) Miers ex Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 203. 1855 & in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 105. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 31(22). 1915; Gangop. in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1:329.1993; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 15. 1999.
                                  2. Cocculus plukenetii DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 520. 1817.
                                  3. Cissampelos ovata Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 5:10. 1804.
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
                                  2. 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=2486
                                  3. Pachygone ovata (Poir.) Miers ex Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 203. 1855 & in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 105. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 31(22). 1915; Gangop. in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1:329.1993; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 15. 1999.
                                  4. Cocculus plukenetii DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 520. 1817.
                                  5. Cissampelos ovata Poir. in Lam., Encycl. 5:10. 1804.

                                  List of species encountered from Sathuragiri Hills, Western Ghats

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                                  📚 Meta data
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                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassMagnoliopsida
                                  OrderRanunculales
                                  FamilyMenispermaceae
                                  GenusPachygone
                                  SpeciesPachygone ovata (Poiret) J. D. Hook. & Thompson
                                  📊 Temporal Distribution
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