Common name: Glaucous Diploclisia • Marathi: वाटणवेल Vatan-vel, वाटोळी Vatoli • Tamil: Kottaiyachachi • Malayalam: batta-valli, natsjatam • Konkani: Ravnito vatoli vetyel
Botanical name: Diploclisia glaucescens Family: Menispermaceae (Moonseed family)
Synonyms: Cocculus glaucescens, Cocculus macrocarpus
Glaucous Diploclisia is a climbing shrub with wrinkled bark.
Leaves are round or kidney shaped,
heart-shaped or abrputly ending at the base. The leaves are shining and
smooth, galucous beneath. Small yellow flowers are borne in many-flowered
panicles. Fruit is inverted egg shaped or oblong, almost stalkless, an inch
long.
Flowering:October-February.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
| Photographed at Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra. |
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