Aristolochia bracteolata

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

(From India Biodiversity Portal
Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)
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Aristolochia bracteolata – indiantreepix | Google Groups :

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)