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Aristolochiaceae

Indian birthwort

Aristolochia indica L.

Family
Aristolochiaceae
Genus
Aristolochia

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Photo: പ്രശാന്ത്‌ ഇറവങ്കര, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (12)
Bangla
ঈশের মূল
Burmese
ဣဿရမူလီ, ဣဿရမူလီ အကြီးမျိုး
Chinese
印度馬兜鈴, 印度马兜铃, 馬兜鈴秈稻
English
Indian birthwort
Kannada
ಈಶ್ವರ ಬಳ್ಳಿ
Malayalam
ഈശ്വരമൂലി, Indian birthwort, ഉറിതൂക്കി, കരളകം, ഗരുഡക്കൊടി
Nepali
ईश्वरमुल
Tamil
மாம்பாஞ்சான், ஈஸ்வர மூலி, பெருமருந்து
tcy
ಈಸ್ವರ ಬೂರು
Telugu
ఈశ్వర వేరు
Thai
กระเช้าสีดา
Vietnamese
Mã đậu linh

Synonyms

  • Aristolochia indica var. lanceolata (Wight) Duch.
  • Aristolochia indica var. magna Benth.
  • Aristolochia indica var. oxyphylla Duch.
  • Aristolochia lanceolata Wight
  • Aristolochia maysorensis Fisch. ex Duch.
  • Aristolochia pandurata Wall. ex Duch.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.