Porana racemosa Roxb.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Porana cordifolia Ledeb.; Porana dichotoma Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Porana elegans Zoll.; Porana gagnepainiana H.Lév.; Porana racemosa J.Jacq.; Porana racemosa var. tomentella C.Y.Wu; Porana racemosa var. violacea C.Y.Wu
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dinetus racemosus (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Sweet
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Deciduous forests
  • Key identification features : Slender climbers; Leaves ovate-cordate, sparsely hairy or glabrous; Flowers in lax panicles, bright white; bracts foliaceous; Capsules crowned by styles; fruiting calyx oblong, 3-nerved.
  • Flower, Fruit : September- December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 197
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Porana racemosa. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.

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