Taxon: Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz

Common names:

• helicopter-flower   (Source: W. R. & C. Anderson) – English
  
• hiptage   (Source: Atlas Florida ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines

• AFRICA
  Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius; Reunion
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida [Broward Co.]
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii

• widely cultivated in tropics

• exact native range obscure owing to extensive cultivated

References:

• Anderson, W. R. & C. Anderson. 2011. Review of Malpighiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e–mail on 14 May.
• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:169.
• Press, J. R. et al. 2000–. Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (on-line resource).
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970–. Flora of Thailand.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Hiptage benghalensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Hiptage benghalensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Hiptage benghalensis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Hiptage madablota Gaertn.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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