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                                                Aristolochia ringens  Vahl

Family	:	Aristolochiaceae
Local name	:	English- Gaping Dutchman's Pipe Malayalam-  Garudakodi
Distribution	:	Native to Brazil, cultivated throughout the tropical world.
Habitat	:	Tropical evergreen forests
Endemic/Exotic	:	Exotic
Uses		The roots of this plant are well known as an antidote for snake bites in New Granada.
Key botanical characters: Tall, hairless slender twiner, Leaves are stalked, round, almost kidney-shaped, pale green above, glaucous beneath. On the leaf blade, 5-7 nerves radiate from the base. Stipules are noticeably leaflike, 2-lobed, and kidney-shaped. Flower stalk is slender, four times as long as the leaf stalk. Flowers, 7-10 inches long, are greenish, marked with dark purple. Flower has an obovoid sack, 2.5 inches long, woolly inside. The flower tube ascends obliquely from the sack, dividing into two very long lips. The two lips give an impression of a gaping mouth.