Herbarium JCB

Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov.

Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Apocynaceae
Species : Pergularia daemia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov.
Common name : Trellis Vine
Vernacular name : Yugaphala (San.); Kurudigina balli, Halukoratiga (Kan.), Utaran (Hin.)
Collection Nos : CJS 13976, CJS 15187
Key identification features : A straggler with milky latex. Leaves are ovate, base deeply cordate and apex acuminate. Inflorescence in umbelliform racemes. Calyx lobes subequal. Corolla lobes greenish-white, foetid, campanulate, tube slightly inflated. Corona doubled. Follicles paired, curved and echinate all over.
Habit : Climbing Shrub
Native : Tropical Asia, Africa.
Comments : Frequently seen on fences and trailing in dry deciduous forests.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere