Family :
Dioscoreaceae
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Eastern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate distichous
Leaf Type
Variable Upper leaves simple. Mostly 3 foliate, 5-6 foliate below
Leaf Shape
Ovate, Elliptic
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Acute
Leaf Margin
Entire
Habit : A spreading vine.
Habitat and Distribution : Occasional on slopes by forest borders, less in the plains. Foothills to 1400m. Found across the Indian subcontinent.
Indigenous Information : Eating the cooked tuber is believed to help clean the digestive system and also promote hair growth. The tubers is steamed or roasted before eating. Tuber eaten by wild boar.
Field Tips : Branchlets twining to the left, tomentose, rarely prickled. Leaves densely tomentose.
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Names:
Irula : Nurai
Tamil : Nalvaelikizhangu, Shaval Kilangu
Malayalam : Inthi kachchil, Nuli, Chavu, Pindi
Flower:
In axillary spikes, purplish. Flowering from July-October.Fruit :
A capsule, cuneately oblong, winged, fruits downy, eventually becoming glabrous. Seeds 3, obovoid, apically winged. Fruiting August-November.
