Malvaceae
Helicteres isora
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Helicteres
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Common names
By language (12)
- ace
- Puta taloe
- Arabic
- سوار الهند
- Bangla
- অন্তমরা
- Chinese
- 火索麻, 扭蒴山芝麻, 纽蒴山芝麻, 鞭龙
- Indonesian
- Kayu ules
- Kannada
- ಎಡಮುರಿ ಗಿಡ
- Malayalam
- ഇടംപിരി വലംപിരി, East Indian Screw Tree, ഇടമ്പിരി, ഇടമ്പിരി വലമ്പിരി, മരോട്, വലമ്പിരി
- Marathi
- मुरडशेंग
- Persian
- بهمنپیچ
- Tamil
- இடம்புரி
- Telugu
- ఆడశ్యామలి, శ్యామలి
- Thai
- ปอบิด
Synonyms
- Helicteres baruensis var. ovata DC.
- Helicteres chrysocalyx Miq. ex Mast.
- Helicteres grewiaefolia DC.
- Helicteres grewiifolia DC.
- Helicteres isora var. glabrescens Mast.
- Helicteres isora var. microphylla Hassk.
- Helicteres isora var. tomentosa Mast.
- Helicteres macrophylla Wight
- Helicteres ovata var. fructus-regis Lam.
- Helicteres ovata var. isora-murri Lam.
- Helicteres roxburghii G.Don
- Isora corylifolia Schott & Endl.
- Isora grewiaefolia (DC.) Schott & Endl.
- Ixora versicolor Hassk.
Photos
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Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, 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.