Aristolochia indica - Indian Birthwort

❏ Binomial Name : Aristolochia indica L.

❏ Synonym : Aristolochia lanceolata

❏ Family : Aristolochiaceae  

❏ Common Name : Indian Birthwort, Duck flower 

❏ Tamil Name : Perumarunthukodi

❏ Hindi Name : Hooka bel 

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Aristolochia indica Botanical Description

Twining perennial herbs; branchlets slender. Leaves 3.5-8 x 2-3.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, base truncate, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous; 3-5-nerved at base; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Flowers in few-flowered axillary racemes; pedicels c. 7 mm long, elongate in fruits. Bracts c. 1.5 mm long, lanceolate. Perianth tube dull brown, 1-1.5 cm long, bulbous base 3-5 mm across, green; limb 2-2.5 cm long, linear-oblong, rounded at apex, greyish-green. Stamens 6. Ovary c. 2 mm long; stigmas 6, fleshy. Capsule 1.5-3 x 1.5-2 cm, globose-pyriform, 6-ridged, dehiscing from the base, after dehiscence parachute-like. Seeds 4-6 mm across, broadly deltoid, flat, winged. Fl. &Fr.: July-March

Aristolochia indica Medicinal uses

Extensively used as an antidote for snake-bite.

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