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Pergularia daemia (Forsskal) Chiov.

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Pergularia daemia (Forsskal) Chiov.
Pergularia daemia (Forsskal) Chiov.
Pergularia daemia (Forsskal) Chiov.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAsclepias daemia Forssk.
🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • Ajashringi
  • Chagalbati
Hindi
  • Aakasan
  • Gadaria Ki Bel
  • Jutak
  • Sagovani
  • Utaran
Kannada
  • Bileehatthi Balli
  • Halokoratige
  • Juttuve
  • Talavaranaballi
Malayalam
  • Veliparatti
  • Velipparuthi
Marathi
  • Utarn 'उतरण'
Oriya
  • Utrali
Other
  • Kurutigai
  • Pergularia
  • Seendhal kodi
  • Uthamani
  • Vaelipparuthi
Sanskrit
  • Kakajangha
  • Kurutakah
  • Uttamarani
  • Visanika
Tamil
  • Seendhal Kodi
  • Uttamani
  • Vaelipparuthi
Telugu
  • Dustapuchettu
  • Jittupaku
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Pubescent twiner. Leaves to 10 x 8 cm, ovate, caudate-acuminate, base deeply cordate; nerves 4-5 pairs; petiole to 6 cm long. Flowers creamy, 1.5 cm across, in branched cymes, peduncles to 12 cm long, pedicels to 2-3 cm long, slender; sepals short, hispid; corolla campanulate, tube villous at mouth, lobes 0.5 x 0.4 cm, ovate, acute, pubescent; outer corona 2 mm high, membranous, shallowly lobed, lobes emarginate, inner corona lobes vermiform, incurved, winged, 8 mm high. Follicle 6 x 1.5 cm, lanceolate, acuminate, covered with hooked glochidiate bristles.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Habit: Climber
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: December-June
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Morphology

          Growth Form

          Shrub
          Shrub
          Field Tips

          Milky latex present.

          Flower

          In axillary umbelliform racemes, greenish, foetid. Flowering peaks from July-January.

          Fruit

          A follicle, paired, curved, basally swollen, echinate. Seeds obovate, wings fringed, coma silky, brownish white. Fruiting throughout the year.

          Leaf Apices

          Acute

          Leaf arrangement

          Opposite decussate

          Leaf Bases

          Chordate

          Leaf Margins

          Entire

          Leaf Types

          Simple

          Habit

          A slender climber.

          Keystone Foundation
          Attributions Keystone Foundation
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Dry Localities/ Forests
            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              No Data
              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Plains from the coast, in wastelands, wayside thickets, ready colonizer. Less on hills, to 1000m, common. Tropical Africa, West Asia to South east Asia.
                Keystone Foundation
                Attributions Keystone Foundation
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Description
                  Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: All districts
                  G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Global Distribution

                    Paleotropics

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: Thrissur, Idukki, Palakkad, Kollam, Kozhikkode, Wayanad

                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Occurrence
                      No Data
                      📚 Uses and Management
                      Uses
                      Medicinal
                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Leaves cooked and eaten, for cold and joint pain especially for the elders.
                        Keystone Foundation
                        Attributions Keystone Foundation
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          No Data
                          📚 Information Listing
                          References
                          1. Asclepias daemia Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 51. 1775.
                          2. Daemia extensa (Jacq.) R. Br. in Ait.f., Hort. Kew (ed. 2) 2: 76. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 20. 1833.
                          3. Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov., Result. Sci. Misc. Stefan. Paoli Somal. Ital. 1: 16. 1916; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 168. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 291. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 226. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 251. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 197. 1999; Goyder, Kew Bull. 61: 251. 2006; Goyder, Kew Bull. 61: 249. 2006; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 533. 2009.
                          4. Cynanchum extensum Jacq., Misc. 2: 353. 1781.
                          5. Pergularia extensa (Jacq.) N. E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 4: 758. 1908; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 837(588). 1923.
                          1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                          Information Listing > References
                          1. Asclepias daemia Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 51. 1775.
                          2. Daemia extensa (Jacq.) R. Br. in Ait.f., Hort. Kew (ed. 2) 2: 76. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 20. 1833.
                          3. Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov., Result. Sci. Misc. Stefan. Paoli Somal. Ital. 1: 16. 1916; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 168. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 291. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 226. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 251. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 197. 1999; Goyder, Kew Bull. 61: 251. 2006; Goyder, Kew Bull. 61: 249. 2006; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 533. 2009.
                          4. Cynanchum extensum Jacq., Misc. 2: 353. 1781.
                          5. Pergularia extensa (Jacq.) N. E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 4: 758. 1908; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 837(588). 1923.
                          6. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                          No Data
                          📚 Meta data
                          No Data
                          🐾 Taxonomy
                          RootRoot
                          KingdomPlantae
                          PhylumTracheophyta
                          ClassMagnoliopsida
                          OrderGentianales
                          FamilyApocynaceae
                          GenusPergularia
                          SpeciesPergularia daemia (Forsskal) Chiov.
                          📊 Temporal Distribution
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