Description: English: An immature flower of Aristolochia indica. Date: 21 August 2011, 10:04:39. Source: Own work. Author: ChanduBandi. Camera location 12° 50′ 07.43″ N, 77° 35′ 27.02″ E: View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 12.835398; 77.590840. Shot at bangalore outskirts Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution 3.0 Unported license.:. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 CC BY 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 truetrue.
Family:AristolochiaceaeLocal name(Telugu): EswariDistribution: Common and gregarious on bushes and hedges in tropical forests of India.Proffusely branched twining herbs, Leaves obovate-oblong, base sub cordate, Flowers 5-6 cm long, pale pinkish green in terminal or axilary racemes; perianth tube inflated below, then contracted to a cylindric neck, then expanded in a limb.limb glabrous , darker than tube and oblong; stamens 6, stigmatic lobes incurved, Fruit a septicidal capsule,4-5 cm long, ribbed.A bitter plant ; Roots used as antidote for snake bite and indigestion.Photographed at Nellore.
