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Family: Menispermaceae	Genus: Stephania	Species: Stephania glabra (Roxb.) Miers ( पाठभेड़, आकनाड़ी )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Stephania rotunda Hook F. & Thoms.	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Pathabhed, Aaknadi	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name		Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Pathabhed, Aaknadi	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 2200m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Climber	Fruit Details	Drupes stalked, ovoid, orange – red, 4 – 6 mm across.
Habitat	Common; open exposed grassy slopes of the montane and submontane regions	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand	Bark Details	Smooth, soft
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Glabrous, destrorse climbers, often attaining to 4 m high and with large roundish tuber. Leaves orbicular or ovate, glabrous , 5 – nerved; petiole 5- 25 cm across, glabrous, 5 – nerved. Male flowers greenish – yellow, in axillary umbellate cymes; bracts and bracteoles linear or lanceolate; sepals 6; outer ones narrow – oblong; inner ones obovate. Petals 3, oblong with a pair of glandular scale at the base. Female flowers greenish – yellow; perianth as in male; ovary oblong – ovoid; style short; stigma 4 – 5 cleft. Drupes stalked, ovoid, orange – red.	Leaf Details	Leaves orbicular or ovate, glabrous , 5 – nerved, glabrous

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