Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3 18: 14 14 1866. (Syn: Cocculus japonicus (Thunb.) DC.; Menispermum japonicum Thunb.; Stephania intertexta Miers; Stephania pallidula Miers); . China (S-Henan, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian), Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), Ryukyu Isl., South Korea, Vietnam, Nepal, Lesser Sunda Isl. (Timor), Moluccas (Ceram), Philippines (Batanes, Luzon, Mindoro, Palawan, Marinduque, Negros, Camiguin, Mindanao), India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Australia (N-Northern Territory, NE-Queensland), Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Mon, Sagaing, Taninthayi, Yangon), Bhutan, Sikkim, Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . India: Wayside thickets, slopes of hills up to 900 m. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; India: Wayside thickets, slopes of hills up to 900 m. Karnataka and Tamil as per BSI Flora of India; . Snake Vine, Tape Vine • Assamese: Tubuki lota • Bengali: Akanadi, Kanadi, Chhotopard • Garo: Khaarkha • Malayalam: patakkilannu • Manipuri: থংগা উরী অঙৌবা Thangga-uri angouba • Nepali: Batule paat • Sanskrit: Rajapatha; . As per efi thread : Cissampelos pareira and Stephania japonica belong to the family Menispermaceae Both species are dioecious. In Stephania leaves are glabrous as are the stem as well In Cissampelos leaves and stem tomentose In Stephania the petiole (leaf stalk) joins the leaf away from the edge / conspicuously peltate (resembles Cyclea peltata) generally triangular-rotund. In Cissampelos the petiole joins the leaf close to the edge In Stephania flowers arranged in stalked umbellate cymes In Cissampelos Male inflorescences axillary, solitary or few fascicled, corymbose cymes and pubescent whereas, female inflorescences thyrsoid, narrow .    Creeper from Thoseghar.. – indiantreepix | Google Groups1 : 3 images. Came across this creeper at “Thoseghar, Satara region”. is it Cyclea peltata ? Thanks … for the lead. I think it is Cissampelos pareira Menispermaceae family)?? I support … view. It could be Cyclea sp. Not Cissampelos pareira. Here are some views of Cissampelos pariera fruiting at Yeoor Hills on 04 OCT 09 … I believe your plant is not it. 3 images. This could be Stephania japonica, owing to its glabrous nature and umbellate inflorescence? Needs confirmation! ‘Cyclea peltata’ is called ‘Thorali Padval’ ‘थोरली पाडावळ’ / ‘मोठी पहाडवेल’ in Marathi & ‘Bruhat Patha’ ‘बृहत् पाठा’ / ‘Raj Patha’ ‘राज पाठा’ in Sanskrit. This was identified as “Stephania japonica” Stephania japonica – indiantreepix | Google Groups1 : Dr.Almeida identified as Stephania japonica [S.heranandifolia].      Name: Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers Family: Menispermiaceae Date: 11 May 2011 Location: Sirumalai hills Dindigul dist., TN Altitude: 1600 ASL Sorry for the poor photographs; Is this ID right, please let me know? I think the id is correct. Was the leaf glaucos beneath? yes even i think id is correct your first two photograph is correct identification but last three is not Stephania japonica. I also think the ID is correct. the leaf was not glaucous beneath.
Picture taken on 18/8/12 in Lonavala, Maharashtra at a resort. Climber found growing wild on the fence. Due to heavy rain, I couldn’t go out again to click more pictures. Found the shape of the leaves very peculiar. Id please. This looks like Stephania japonica.
MBNN Fortnight :: MENISPERMACEAE :: Stephania japonica :: # RVS-Oct 08 : 1 post by 1 author. 2 images. Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers Collected from: Sirumalai hills, TN. I don’t know why I had not taken pictures of the plant! This looks like a bunch of fallen flowers/fruits found on the forest floor, probably away from the source plant.
Cyclea peltata: 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (5) I think this is a Stephania sp. Please confirm. Yes, this is a Stephania sp. To me it seems to be Stephania japonica.
Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight: Menispermaceae::Stephania japonica??. SMP Oct 07 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5). As per another thread it should be Stephania japonica?? Again I agree with …
MBNN Fortnight :: Menispermaceae :: Stephania japonica from Morni Hills-NS 12 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4). Please suggest if the id is correct, this climber was recorded from Morni Hills in Haryana.. though the pics are insufficient.. To me it seems to be Stephania japonica.
Id of Cissampelos sp (?) from Assam KD 15 Nov : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Attached images may be Cissampelos sp.. I have not seen it flowering but they have medicinal value. Please ID the plant. It may be Stephania japonica. Thank you very much sir for ID.
24112014GSNOV02 another climber for ID from Mandal, Uttarakhand-GSNOV02 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2). Another climber for ID from Mandal, Uttarakhand, photographed on June 2, 2013. Stephania glabra (Menispermaceae) I hope. As main veins are more than 8 can be consider as S. japonica? efi page on Stephania glabra & Stephania japonica Roxburgh’s Cissampelos glabra has leaves roundish or reniform-cordate …. this much I have found in FI. Attachments (2) stephania japonica i counted 9 veins though the leaf is not really en face and googling found some illustrations showing flowers to be similar in overall form and branching snake vine in australian colloquialism date/time:nov13 location:ambyvalley rd.,lonavala,pune habitat:wild plant habit:climber height:about 4-5 ft.,though not sure I feel more closer to images at Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers rather than those of Cyclea peltata
Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight :SN 08 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2). Cyclea peltata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thoms. wild unisexual climber from Gonikoppal area of Coorg, Karnataka I feel more closer to images at Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers rather than those of Cyclea peltata Came across this Climber on the way to Lohagad. Kindly validate the ID.. … looks like Cyclea peltata to me. Agree with … They look like the male flowers of Cyclea peltata. Cyclea peltata from the family Menispermaceae indeed !!!! the peltate leaf in the third photo is enough to confirm the identity !! Cyclea peltata … is commonly known as: buckler-leaved moon-seed • Kannada: ಹಡೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ hade balli • Konkani: पाडावेल padavel • Malayalam: പാടത്താളി paataththaali • Marathi: मोठी पहाडवेल mothi pahadvel, थोरली पाडावळ thorali padaval • Sanskrit: बृहत् पाठा bruhat patha, राज पाठा raj patha • Tamil: பாடா pata, பொன்முசுட்டை pon-mucuttai • Telugu: పాటతీగె patatige C. burmannii is very similar to C. peltata, these two could be confused for each other. This confusion is found even in their synonymy. Cyclea peltata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 201. 1855; FBI 1: 101. p.p; Gamble 1: 31. 1915; Gangopadhyay in Flora of India 1: 325. 1993. Menispermum peltatum Lam. Encycl. 4: 96. 1797. Cyclea burmannii Hook. f. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 201. 1855; FBI 1: 104. 1872. Clypea burmannii Wight & Arn. Prodr. 1: 14. 1834. Cyclea arnottii Miers in Contrib. Bot. 3: 240. 1871; Gamble 1: 31. 1915. Cocculus peltatus DC. Prod, 1,96 References: 1. Ethnoleaflets … http://www.ethnoleaflets.com/leaflets/rao.htm 2. eBook: The Bombay flora, or, Short descriptions of all the indigenous plants hitherto discovered in or near the Bombay presidency [microform] : together with a supplement of introduced and naturalised species (1861) — Author: Dalzell, Nicol Alexander, 1817-1878; Gibson, Alexander, 1800-1867 … http://www.archive.org/search/Cyclea 3. The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay (1903) by Theodore Cooke, Vol. I, Part I … http://www.archive.org/floraofpresidenc01cook/Cyclea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cyclea burmanni Miers, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser.2, v. 7 (1851) p.41, & Contrib. v. 3 (1871) p.239, t. 121; Fl.B.I. v.1, p.104; Dalz. & Gibs. p.6; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v.1, p.47; Talb. Trees, Bomb, p.8; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v.11(1897) p.121. I feel more closer to images at Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers rather than those of Cyclea peltata
ANJAN22/22 Please identify this climber : 17 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (2) Date: 25th December 2014 A Menispermaceae member, may be Diploclisia glaucescens. Yes …, Diploclisia glaucescens possibly!! Thank you … But I can’t find any descriptions of Diploclisia glaucescens having spines? Please see my first attachment! Possibly those are persistent bracteoles, it may not be spines! it resembles to Diploclisia glaucescons Its a Menispermaceae climber, it could be Cyclea peltata It is Cyclea peltata could you give us an idea of the size of the largest fruits? Just a ball park figure? Also, it looks like a woody liana, is that right? Or is it a herbaceous twiner? This looks like Menispermaceae member I was with … at Agumbe. Ma’am, it was a herbaceous twiner as I remember it and I agree with … regarding the size of the fruits. Thanks …, it must be Cyclea sp. in that case! I feel more closer to images at Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers rather than those of Cyclea peltata   Agumbe :: Cyclea peltata :: DVJAN40 : 1 post by 1 author. I feel more closer to images at Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers rather than those of Cyclea peltate Images of Cyclea peltata at FOI are of Stephania japonica : 3 posts by 2 authors. Images of Cyclea peltata at FOI are of Stephania japonica as per images herein. Request … to pl. correct. MS July, 2018/16 Stephania sp. for ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Location : Ailawng, Mizoram Date : 16-07-2018 Habit : Slender climber Habitat : Wild Pl. check at /species/m—z/m/menispermaceae/stephania Stephania japonica var. discolor ?? Thanks, …, I find these more close to images at Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers as per comparative images at Stephania
Location: Nagarkot, Nepal Date: 19 November 2018 Altitude: 2000 m. Habit : Wild Menispermaceae ? Could be Cyclea peltata. I guess it is not matching since drupes are white in C. peltata and it is not listed in Nepal. May be S. japonica ? Thank you …! Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers
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