Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Basionym : Asclepias daemia Forssk.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov.
  • Common name : Trellis Vine
  • Vernacular name :
    • Utarani, Utranajutuka, Sagovani, Gutuk (Hindi)
    • Kurudigina balli, Halukoratiga (Kannada)
    • Veliparuthi, Uthamani, Belapatri, Vaelipparuthi, Seendal kodi (Tamil)
    • Guruli, Dushtupatige, Gittupaku, Gurti chettu (Telugu)
    • Hunturi, Utrali, Uturudi, Itnadi, Iturhi (Oria)
    • Yugaphala (Sanskrit)
    • Utarni (Marathi)
    • Velipparuthi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Scrub and open deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on plains in wastelands and by wayside thickets. Ready colonizer up to 1200m.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-March
  • Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy, Siddharth.S
  • Collection Date : 25/10/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-116
  • Collection Locality : Bakharapet ghat, Talakona-Tirupati road, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
    • Puducherry : Puducherry
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
  • Native : Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea
  • World Distribution : Tropical Africa, India, Tropical Himalayas, Myanmar, Malaysia, Sri Lanka
  • 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.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pergularia daemia. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

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