Aristolochia bracteolata Lam., Encycl. 1: 258 1783. (syn. Aristolochia abyssinica Klotzsch; Aristolochia abyssinica Klotzsch; Aristolochia bracteata Retz.; Aristolochia crenata Ehrenb. ex Duch.; Aristolochia kotschyi Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Aristolochia mauritiana Pers.; Aristolochia maurorum Klotzsch [Illegitimate]; Aristolochia sempervirens Forssk. [Illegitimate]; Einomeia bracteata (Retz.) Raf.);
Egypt (SE-Egypt), Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (Asir), Yemen
(Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama), United Arab Emirates, India (C-, E-, N- & peninsular India), Sri Lanka, Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Chad, N-Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Punjab) as per Catalogue of Life;
Worm Killer, Dutchman’s pipe, Bracteated Birth Wort;
Habit: Herb Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
Scrub jungles, aslo grown as medicinal plants
India, Sri Lanka, Arabia, Tropical Africa
After a gap I again sending some flora from arid rajasthan.
It is Aristolochia bracteolata
This photo taken near jodhpur on 14/3/2003.
shape like Hukka (A type of smoking)
for id, BRS 530 : Attachments (2). 6 posts by 5 authors.
Pl. find the attached file contain photo for id. confirmation.
Location: Kumudam Nagar, Coimbatore Date: 20,11,2013
Habitat: Urban, Road side
Habit: Climber/herb
Aristolochia indica L. perhaps It is Aristolochia bracteolata Lam.
Aristolochia indica. Aristolochia bracteolata Lam (=A. bracteata ) Kidamar (Hindi), Aaduthinnapalai (Tamil) Aristolochia bracteolata Lam. : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Aristolochia bracteolata Lam. (= A. bracteata Retz.), Fam: Aristolochiaceae
Chennai, near Air port, Tamilnadu,
sub erect or spreading herb, bitter, antidote for snake bite Aaduthinna paalai (Tamil), Kidamar (Hindi)
We find this in Oman too in the fields and near water Aristolochia brecteata
Attachments (1) – 2 Mb.
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