| Synonym |
Asclepias tuberosa Roxb., Leptadenia
appendiculata Decne., Leptadenia imberbis Wight
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Flower Color |
Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name |
Dori, Jhumka, Jumka, Meethi dodi, Jivanti, Madhusrava , Jivani, |
Flower Type |
Cyme |
| English / Trade Name |
Leptadenia, Cork Swallow-Wort |
Flowering Period |
April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Meethi dodi, Jhumka |
Fruiting Period |
Oct-Dec |
| Altitude |
Upto 1200m |
Fruit Type |
Follicle |
| Habit |
Climber |
Fruit Details |
Fruit a follicetum of 2 follicles (one aborts), straight, turgid, smooth, beaked, woody; seeds narrowly ovoid, with a tufted micropylar coma of long silky hairs, endosperm thin and small. |
| Habitat |
Moist and dry deciduous forests |
Bark Type |
Fissured |
| Distribution |
Indo-Malesia to Madagascar |
Bark Details |
The bark of the plant is yellowish brown in color and is corky with deep cracks. |
| Distribution in Haryana |
M. Garh, Mewat, Rewari |
Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Simple |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Ovate |
| Description of Species |
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. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves to 9 x 7 cm, broadly ovate, oblong, gradually acute at apex, base truncate or shallowly cordate, stellate hairy; petiole to 3 cm. |
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