Beaumontia grandiflora Wall.

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Beaumontia longiflora Hook.f.; Echites grandiflorus Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Beaumontia grandiflora Wall.
  • Common name : Large Bell Flower
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Planted
  • Key identification features : Gigantic, woody climbers, younger parts rusty pubescent; Leaves ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, glabrous above, often tomentose beneath, abruptly acuminate; Inflorescence terminal cyme Flowers very large, whtie; Follicles 2, woody; Seeds compressed, crowned by a coma.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Thane
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang district, Dibang valley, Kameng, Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • K. Sankar Rao 2009. Flora of IISc campus
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 152
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Beaumontia grandiflora. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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