Trachelospermum axillare Hook.f.

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Melodinus chaffanjonii H.Lév.; Periploca astacus H.Lév.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Trachelospermum axillare Hook.f.
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Wet broad-leaved subtropical forest and sunny open forest; 500 - 2400 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : A fine, strong fiber is obtained from the inner bark and used in making paper.
  • Key identification features : Flowers purple red, peduncle less than 3 cm long. Stamens inserted at base of corolla tube; inflorescence a sub-umbellate compact cyme; leaves caudate
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri, Tirap
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to South China and Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 173
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 684
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 161
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Trachelospermum axillare. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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