Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Beluttakaka grandieriana Pierre; Beluttakaka griffithii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Beluttakaka macrophylla (G.Don) Kuntze; Cercocoma macrantha Teijsm. & Binn.; Chonemorpha blancoi Merr.; Chonemorpha elliptica Merr. & Rolfe; Chonemorpha grandiflora G.Don; Chonemorpha griffithii Hook.f.; Chonemorpha macrantha Pit.; Chonemorpha penangensis Ridl.; Chonemorpha rheedei Ridl.; Chonemorpha valvata Chatterjee; Echites fragrans Moon; Echites grandiflorus Roth; Echites grandis Wall.; Echites latifolius Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Echites macranthus Spreng.; Echites macrophyllus Roxb.; Epichysianthus macrophyllus (G.Don) Voigt; Rhynchodia macrantha Pharm. ex Wehmer; Tabernaemontana elliptica Blanco
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston
  • Common name : Frangipani vine
  • Vernacular name :
    • Garbhedare (Hindi)
    • Manjinaru (Kannada)
    • Murva (Sanskrit)
    • Appuppanthadi,Mutthappanthadi, Novunni, Perumkurumba (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Comments / notes : Tropical evergreen forests, sacred grove in the plains
  • Key identification features : A scandent shrub with copious milky latex. Leaves are opposite, large, broadly-oblong, cordate at base and hairy beneath. Flowers are in terminal lax cymes, large, salver-shaped with lobes broadly rounded. Fruit is a follicle.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1664, HFP 2863
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Kameng, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Wimberlygunj
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 208
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 152-154
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chonemorpha fragrans. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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