• Family : LEEACEAE
  (Leea Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KUKUR JIHWA FAMILY (कुकुर जिह्वा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : VITACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Leea hirta Roxb. ex Hornem.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Leea aequata L.
• Vernacular name : Kakajangha (Hindi); Surapadi, Velanasandi (Telugu)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests
• Flower, Fruit : June-January
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Malappuram district
  • Maharashtra : Pune district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvallur district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Tirunelveli district, Villipuram district
• World Distribution : India, Andaman, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissal; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; K.M. Matthew 1999. Flora of the Palani Hills, South India-part 1: Polypetaleae. Rapinat herbarium St. Joseph’s College.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Leea aequata. Downloaded on 16 May 2024.

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