Sarcostemma secamone (L.) Benn.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Basionym : Dysodidendron glomeratum Gardner
  • Synonym(s) : Oxystelma secamone (L.) H.Karst.; Periploca secamone Thunb.; Periploca secamone L.; Sarcostemma secamone (L.) Bennet; Secamone thunbergii E.Mey.; Secamone thunbergii var. retusa E.Mey.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sarcostemma secamone (L.) Bennett
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Along banks of rivers and streams
  • Key identification features : Twining or climbing undershrubs; branches slender, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, linear-Ianceolate or linear, finely acuminate, base acute, rotundate or cordate; Inflorescence few- flowered cyme; Flowers rose-coloured, veins purple.
  • Flower, Fruit : August- September
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Dharwad district, Mysuru district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Native : Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 173
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sarcostemma secamone. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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