- 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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