Stephanotis floribunda Brongn.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Marsdenia floribunda (Brongn.) Schltr.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Occasionally cultivated in gardens
  • Key identification features : Flowers in terminal, white,dichasial cymes; highly fragrant.
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
  • Native : Madagascar
  • Literature : N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.383. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Stephanotis floribunda. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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