- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Synonym(s) : Dischidia bengalensis var. cuneifolia (Wall.) Kuntze; Dischidia bengalensis var. spathulata (Blume) Kuntze; Dischidia cuneifolia Wall.; Dischidia loeseneriana Schltr.; Dischidia pseudobenghalensis Costantin; Dischidia spatulata Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dischidia bengalensis Colebr.
- Habit : Herb
- Key identification features : Epiphytic, fleshy herbs or undershrubs; stems often matted, glabrous; Leaves elliptic, obovate-oblong, lanceolate or spathulate in distinct pairs, subsessile; Inflorescnece axillary, subsessile fascicle; Flowers slender, straight, acuminate; Seeds minute, coma large.
- Flower, Fruit : April- November
- Distribution :
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Literature :
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 165
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dischidia bengalensis. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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