Wattakaka volubilis (L.f.) Stapf

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Basionym : Aclepias volubilis L. f.
  • Synonym(s) : Marsdenia volubilis (L.f.) Cooke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Stephanotis volubilis (L.f.) S.Reuss, Liede & Meve
  • Common name : Milk-Weed Climber, Green wax flower, Sneezing silk cotton, Sneeze Wort
  • Vernacular name :
    • Nakchikni (Hindi)
    • Hegala balli, Pettajanka (Kannada)
    • Kaattu aavaarankodi, Kurinjaa, Kodipalai, Kurnica (Tamil)
    • Bandi-gurga, Pedda-gurga, Kalasaku, Bondiguruginga, Dudhipaala (Telugu)
    • Dughika (Oria)
    • Murva (Sanskrit)
    • Hirandodi (Marathi)
    • Vattakakkakkoti, Kakkalankodi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests and scrub jungles
  • Comments / notes : Often grows on plains from the coast to 1300m
  • Flower, Fruit : March-November
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Sub-Tropical Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 166
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Wattakaka volubilis. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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