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MedicinalPlantsofIndia

Bird'sHeadBirthwort

ntroduced

Photo:SindhuThomas

Commonname:Bird'sHeadBirthwort
Botanicalname:AristolochiaornithocephalaFamily:Aristolochiaceae(Birthwortfamily)
Bird's Head Birthwort is an climbing shrub with large alternate, long stalked leaves which are heart
shapedtokidneyshaped.Stipulesareprominentlyleaflike.Theflowersaresinglyborneonstalks810
incheslong.Theflowertubeisdividedintothreeparts.Thelowerpouchlikepartcontainsthestyleand
stamens. The tube is suddenly inflated in the upper quarter into the socalled bird's head. Two
expansionsareattachedtotheheadwhichmaybetermedthebeakandthelip.Thelipis6x4inches.
Bird'sHeadBirthwortisnativetoBrazil,butnowcultivatedwidely.Itflowersintherainyseason.

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