- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Synonym(s) : Collyris minor Vahl; Dischidia actephila Schltr.; Dischidia aemula Schltr.; Dischidia beiningiana Schltr.; Dischidia copelandii Schltr.; Dischidia decipiens Schltr.; Dischidia dirhiza Schltr.; Dischidia gaudichaudii Decne.; Dischidia glabra Warb.; Dischidia horsfieldiana Miq.; Dischidia microphylla Schltr.; Dischidia minor (Vahl) Merr.; Dischidia nummularia var. gracilis Becc.; Dischidia nummularia var. minor Kuntze; Dischidia nummularia var. orbicularis (Decne.) Kuntze; Dischidia nummularia var. rhombifolia (Blume) Bakh.f.; Dischidia orbicularis Decne.; Dischidia rhombifolia Blume; Dischidia ridleyana Schltr.; Dischidia schumanniana Schltr.; Dischidia sepikana Schltr.; Leptostemma truncatum Zoll. ex Miq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dischidia nummularia R.Br.
- Habit : Shrub
- Key identification features : Epiphytic, slender, creeping shrubs; stems glabrous; Leaves orbicular, obovoid-orbicular, usually obtuse or rotundate at tip, coriaceous, fleshy; Inflorescence axillary, umbellate cluster; Flowers white, whitish or scarlet; Follicles curved, obliquely ellipsoid below middle, spreading; Seeds slender.
- Flower, Fruit : March- December
- Distribution :
- Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Literature :
- 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=Dischidia nummularia. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.
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