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Hiptage

Hiptage benghalensis

IUCN: Least Concern
Hiptage (Hiptage benghalensis) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Hiptage benghalensis
Family
Malpighiaceae, order Malpighiales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

Fragrant white flowers with a tiny yellow mark.

  • Spot it Glossy leaves, fragrant white flowers and winged fruits.
  • Home Forests and gardens.
  • Food web Bees and moths drink its nectar; wind carries its winged seeds.
  • Why it matters Feeds bees and moths with nectar and its winged seeds ride the wind, helping the plant spread.

Read more: Hiptage benghalensis on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2018, in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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