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Taxon:  Helicteres isora L.



Summary
Genus:
Helicteres
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Helicteroideae
Tribe:
Helictereae
Nomen number:
101973
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:963. 1753
Verified:
03/19/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  3. Cristóbal, C. L. 2001. Taxonomía del género Helicteres (Sterculiaceae). Revisión de las especies americanas. Bonplandia 11:170-173.
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  6. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  8. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  10. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  11. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
  12. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Common names
English
East Indian screwtree –
red isora –
spiralbush –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Shengs.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Hainan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101973. Accessed 26 April 2025.