Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Apocynaceae
  • Species : Chonemorpha fragrans
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston
  • Vernacular name : Murva (San.); Garbhedare (Hin.); Manjinaru (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1664, HFP 2863
  • Key identification features : A scandent shrub with copious milky latex. Leaves are opposite, large, broadly-oblong, cordate at base and hairy beneath. Flowers are in terminal lax cymes, large, salver-shaped with lobes broadly rounded. Fruit is a follicle.
  • Habit : Liana
  • Native : Indo-Malayan
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi

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