- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Basionym : Asclepias annularis Rox.
- Synonym(s) : Holestemma rheedei Spreng. ex Wall
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Holostemma ada-kodien Schult.
- Common name : Holostemma
- Vernacular name :
- Palaykirai (Tamil)
- Dudipalatige, Pala-gurugu, Palatura, Palagaddalu, Palajilledu (Telugu)
- Moran arak, Mouron arak (Oria)
- Adamothiyan, Adakkodien, Adakotti, Adapathiyan, Padalakizhangu, Thinnampala (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Scrub and dry deciduous forests, also in plains
- Flower, Fruit : July-January
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 17/10/2009
- Collection Nos : FAP 37659
- Collection Locality : K.K. Kottala, Kadapa district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Dhenkanal district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, 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
- 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.
- : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Holostemma annulare. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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