Systematic classification: Common name: Pinto peanut General Information: Arachis pintoi is a herbaceous perennial plant with stems that are at first prostrate and then ascend to around 50cm high when growing in dense swards. Young plants have a stoloniferous root system, developing a strong taproot on older crowns. This wild perennial relative of the groundnut […]
Systematic Classification Common Name: Kodali, Vettikan, Vettil, Kotili, Ponvetti, Vetti,Salle mara, Sali, Sarali, Sulla. General Information: Trees up to 15 m tall.Trunk &Bark smooth to shallowly fissured, brownish; blaze pink.Branchlets terete, glabrous.Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules oblong-lanceolate, acute, caducous; petiole 0.7-1.3 cm long, canaliculate, swollen at both ends, glabrous; lamina 7.5-17 x 3-7.5 cm, narrow […]
Systematic Classification: Common Names: Baby woodrose, Elephant climber, Elephant creeper, Elephant ear vine, Elephant vine, Hawaiian baby woodrose, Silver morning glory, Wood rose, Woodrose, Woolly morning glory. General Information: This species is a weed of tropical and sub-tropical habitats, including rainforests, open woodlands, roadsides, distrubed sites and waste areas. A robust climber that grow up […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Indian birthwort, Garudakodi,Kudukkamooli. General information: Aristolochia indica (native language: Garudakkodi / Eswaramooli) is a creeper plant found in Southern India and also Sri Lanka. This plant is critical to the survival of the southern birdwing and common birdwing, as well as crimson and common rose butterflies. It reaches a height of […]