- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Synonym(s) : Chonemorpha reticulata G.Don; Cryptolepis reticulata (Roth) Wall. ex Steud.; Echites cuspidatus B.Heyne ex Hook.f.; Echites reticulatus Roth; Nerium reticulatum Roxb.; Periploca dubia Burm.f.; Periploca viridiflora Kostel.; Trachelospermum cavaleriei H.Lév.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult.
- Common name : Wax-leaved climber
- Vernacular name :
- Karanta (Hindi)
- Kare balli, Halu balli (Kannada)
- Paal kodi, Mattaankodi (Tamil)
- Adavi paalatiga, Gunji teega, Guruguvalateega, Meerpativa, Morsimada, Palatiga (Telugu)
- Khir kaichi, Dhudhimal, Kongha, Narbraha, Gar, Gopkanu, Gobkania, Khir kandi, Dhudi (Oria)
- Karamta (Marathi)
- Kattupalvalli, Kalipalvalli, Kilipalvalli, Palvalli (Malayalam)
- Dudhe, Gaaisinge, Koile Ghuriyo, Kaalo Sariwaa, Krishna Sariwaa (Nepali)
- Theikelki-suak (Mizo)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Common on foothills to 1300m on cleared slopes, forest border etc. A ready colonizer.
- Key identification features : Leaves usually more than 8cm long, lateral veins numerous and parallel; inflorescence branches with many persistent pairs of scaly bracts
- Flower, Fruit : March-September
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : All districts of Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Nainital district
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Tirap
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sub-tropical Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Pakistan
- 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
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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.
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 173
- GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 691-692
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 165
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cryptolepis buchananii. Downloaded on 26 July 2024.
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