IUCN Status

- East-Indian screw tree/Nut-leaved screw tree/ antamora/ aantedi/hatedi/mardashingi/मरोड़फली/आंतेड़ी की फली/aantijo jhad/bhutakarulu/ murugikaayi gida/केवन/ eeswaramooli/ ransvaramulla/valampiri/अटी/ धामणी/ केवण/मुरडशेंग/कपासे/ मरोर्फली/मृगसिङ्गा/ फार्सा/ मरोड़फली/अजशृङ्गी/आवर्तनी/mrgasrngi/murva/itampuri/valam-puri/ nulitada/ maror phali/yedamuri...
- Helicteres baruensis var. ovata DC.
- Kota forest area, Rajasthan
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A gregarious woody shrub. Leaves are simple, elliptic-obovate, obliquely cordate at base, crenate serrate in margin and palmately 3-5 ribbed. Flowers are axillary cymes. Sepals are brown, hairy and 2 lipped. Petals red turning grey with age and reflexed. Fruit is spiraly twisted.
The native range of this species is China (S. Yunnan) to Tropical Asia. It is a shrub or small tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical regions.
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PC: Praveen Kumar Singh
Flowering twig -
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Sonu kumar
A Open flower -
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Sonu kumar
Unripe fruit
Very informative bhaiya 👍
Thank you Ravi