English: Indian birthwort.
Name: Garudakkodi; Eswaramooli.
Region: East Indies, Southern India, Sri Lanka.
Ecology: host to southern birdwing and common birdwing, crimson and common rose butterflies.
Content: aristolochic acid, carcinogenicity, nephrotoxic
BotanyHerb; creeper; several metres on trees and cover the branches with thick foliage. Habitat: commonly found in forest floor, rocky hill slopes.
Flower: flowers once a year.