• Family : APOCYNACEAE
  (Dogbane Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Vallaris solanacea (Roth) Kuntze
• Common name : Ramsar
• Vernacular name : Chamari-ki-vel (Hindi); Ginne amalati, Pedda malle, Palamalle tivva, Arbimallika, Jooka malathi, Nityamalle, Madhu malati, Ginne malathi (Telugu); Bonokoneri noi, Hopormoli (Oria), Vishappala (Malayalam)
• Habit : Liana
• Comments / notes : Grown as garden plant
• Flower, Fruit : March-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Krishna district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Boudh district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district
  • Tamil Nadu : Madurai district, Salem district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South China, Indo-China, Malaysia, Java
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Vallaris solanacea. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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