Menispermaceae

Abuta amara

Cyclea peltata (Burm.f.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Family: Menispermaceae
Genus: Cyclea

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Abuta amara: Menispermaceae (moonseed family) » Cyclea peltata SY-klee-uh -- from Greek kyklos (circle), refers to circular seeds pel-TAY-tuh -- round shield, referring to p — Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (8)

Arabic: عنيبية بورمانية
English: Abuta amara
Igbo: Abuta amara
Kannada: ಹಾಡೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ
Malay: Terung kuman
Malayalam: പാടക്കിഴങ്ങ്, പാട, പാടത്താളി, പാടവള്ളി, പാഠാ
Sanskrit: बृहत् पाठा
tcy: ಪಾದಲ ಸಪ್ಪು

Synonyms

Clypea burmanni (DC.) Wight & Arn.
Cocculus burmanni DC.
Cocculus peltatus DC.
Cyclea arnottii Miers
Cyclea burmanii Miers
Cyclea burmanni (DC.) Arn. ex Wight
Cyclea discolor Miers
Cyclea peltata var. arnottii (Miers) Ridl.
Cyclea versicolor Miers
Dioscorea peltata Burm.f.
Menispermum peltatum (Burm.f.) Lam.
Merione peltata (Burm.f.) Salisb.
Rhaptomeris burmanni Miers
Stephania burmanni Walp.

Photos

Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: vaishnavigaonkar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vikram Kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.