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Deccan Clematis
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Deccan Clematis
ative Photo: Prashant Awale
Common name: Deccan Clematis • Gujarati: મોરવેલ morvel, ત્રેખડો વેલો trekhado velo • Hindi: चुरहार churhar, मुर्हरी murhari • Kannada: ಸೋಗವಲ್ಲಿ sowgavalli • Konkani: मोरवेल morvel • Marathi: मोरवेल morvel, रानजाई ranjai • Odia: ଲଘୁକର୍ଣ୍ଣୀ laghukarnni • Sanskrit: लघुकर्णी laghukarni, मधूलिका madhulika, मधुमती madhumati, मोरटा morata, मूर्वा murva Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Clematis heynei    Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Clematis triloba
Deccan Clematis is an annual climber, 1-3 m long, found mainly in the Deccan region of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Stems are velvet hairy. Leaves are either simple or trifoliate, 3-5 cm, ovate. The leaf margin is either entire, or 3-7 lobed. Most commonly seen leaves are 3-lobed. Leaf stalks are slender, 2-8 cm, twinning. Fragrant white flowers, 2-4 cm across, occur in panicles in leaf axils. Clematis have no real petals. What appear to be petals are, in reality, sepals. Deccan Clematis flowers have 4-6 white sepals, 1-2 cm long, oblong. Many stamens arise from the center, about a cm long. Stamens are shorter than the sepals, unlike Clematis gauriana. Flowering: September-December.

Identification credit: Prashant Awale Photographed at Hadsar fort, Maharashtra.
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