Parsonsia alboflavescens (Dennst.) Mabb.

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Basionym : Periploca alboflavescens Dennst.
  • Synonym(s) : Parsonsia inodora (Lour.) M. R. & S. M. Almeida; Parsonsia laevigata (Moon) Alston
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Parsonsia alboflavescens (Dennst.) Mabb.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Penalivalli, Peenarivalli (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical evergreen forests, also in the plains and coast
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 750m; Not common, found growing along hedges
  • Flower, Fruit : March-June
  • Collection Nos : CJS 14431, CJS 15786
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district
    • Goa : South Goa district
    • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district, Hassan district, Udupi district, SKD
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Cuttack district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
  • Native : Andaman Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vie
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • 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, Karnataka
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 157
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Parsonsia alboflavescens. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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