Heterostemma alatum Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Heterostemma alatum Wight & Arn.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Twining shrub; stems terete, slightly swollen at nodes, branches slender, puberulous. Latex milky-white. Leaves ciliate along margins, sparingly appressedly hairy above, glabrous beneath. Flowers in lateral, umbellate cymes; peduncles and pedicels are pubescent.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-February
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp.364-365. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
    • 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=Heterostemma alatum. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

India Distribution

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