| Synonym |
Oxystelma wallichii
Wight, Periploca esculenta L. f. |
Flower Color |
Red - Pink |
| Common Name |
Dudhialata, Dudhi-ki-bel |
Flower Type |
Cyme |
| English / Trade Name |
Rosy Milkweed Vine |
Flowering Period |
Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Dudhialata, Dudhi-ki-bel |
Fruiting Period |
April-June |
| Altitude |
Up to 1200 m |
Fruit Type |
Follicle |
| Habit |
Climber |
Fruit Details |
Follicles glabrous; seeds broadly ovate. |
| Habitat |
Scrub jungles |
Bark Type |
Smooth |
| Distribution |
Pakistan, India, Burma, Indonesia, Ceylon, Iraq and Egypt. |
Bark Details |
Stem much branched slender, glabrous. |
| Distribution in Haryana |
Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Rohtak, Sonepat |
Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Simple |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Lence shaped |
| Description of Species |
Perennial twining shrub with milky juice, stem much branched slender, glabrous. Leaves deciduous, linear or linear lanceolate, acute, pale green, glabrous. Flowers in pendunculate lateral subumbellate or recemoid 2-4 flowered cymes. Calyx lobes glabrous. Corolla pale rose coloured or almost white, lobes densely pubescent. Fruit a follicle glabrous; seeds broadly ovate. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves deciduous, linear or linear lanceolate, acute, pale green, glabrous. |
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