Strophanthus wallichii A. DC.

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Strophanthus caudatus Kurz; Strophanthus robustus (Pierre ex Gilg) Pierre ex Pit.; Strophanthus wallichii var. robustus Pierre ex Gilg
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Strophanthus wallichii A.DC.
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Comments / notes : The plant has a toxic alkaloid; often planted in gardens.
  • Key identification features : Glabrous climbers; Leaves opposite, elliptic, oblong or obovate, acuminate, cuspidate or obtuse, lateral nerves distinctly anastomosing; Inflorescence many flowered, terminal cyme; Flowers pale yellow, veins purplish red; corolla lobes twisted, distinctly tailed; Follicles 2, divaricate, curved inwards; Seeds compressed, fusiform or subulate-lanceolate, coma silky white.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-January
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Chittoor district
    • Odisha : Keonjhar district, Angul district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Baratang Island
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 207
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 160
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Strophanthus wallichii. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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