Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Asclepias javanica Burm. ex Decne. |
| synonym | Asclepias suberosa Roxb. |
| synonym | Asclepias tuberosa Roxb. |
| synonym | Asclepias volubilis Herb. Madr. ex Hook. fil. |
| synonym | Asclepias zeylanica Burm. ex Decne. |
| synonym | Cynanchum asthmaticum Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. fil. |
| synonym | Cynanchum ovatum Thunb. |
| synonym | Cynanchum reticulatum Retz. |
| synonym | Daemia reticulata (Retz.) Moon. |
| synonym | Gymnema aurantiacum Wall. ex Hook. fil. |
| synonym | Leptadenia appendiculata Decne. |
| synonym | Leptadenia brevipes Wight ex Hook. fil. |
| synonym | Leptadenia imberbis Wight |
| synonym | Secamone canescens Sm. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Climbing Shrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Woody climbers, latex milky, mealy pubescent. Leaves to 9 x 7 cm, broadly ovate, oblong, gradually acute at apex, base truncate or shallowly cordate, stellate hairy; petiole to 3 cm. Umbels axillary; peduncles to 0.5 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow, pedicels to 7 mm; bracts 4 mm, hairy; calyx cupular, 2 mm, pubescent, ovate; corolla tube 1.5 mm, lobes 3 mm, triangular ovate, margins folded, pubescent; corona double, outer corolline, bifid; inner staminal; pollinia suberect, pellucid; ovary 1 mm. Follicles paired, 6 x 2 cm, bluntly acute at both ends.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Moist & Dry decicuous forests, Plains to Low Altitude, Dry Localities/Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist and dry deciduous forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia to Madagascar
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Idukki, Palakkad, Kollam, Malappuram
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara
Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Malapuram,Palakkad
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Cynanchum reticulatum Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 15. 1781.
- Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 47. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 63. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 850(598). 1923; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 437. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 291. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 225. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 197. 1999.
- Leptadenia imberbis Wight, Contrib. 48. 1834.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Cynanchum reticulatum Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 15. 1781.
- Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 47. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 63. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 850(598). 1923; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 437. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 291. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 225. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 197. 1999.
- Leptadenia imberbis Wight, Contrib. 48. 1834.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Apocynaceae |
| Genus | Leptadenia |
| Species | Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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