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Chonemorpha fragrans (Moon) Alston
Synonym
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Beluttakaka grandieriana
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Family
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Apocynaceae
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Local name
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English– Frangipani vine
Malayalam- Appuppanthadi
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Flowering and fruiting period
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April-December
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Distribution
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India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Andaman and
Islands
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Distribution in kerala
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All districts
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Habitat
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Evergreen forests
and sacred groves in the plains
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Uses
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Used in diseases
like anaemia, fever, diabetes, stomach disorders, typhoid, urinary infections
and cough. It is also used in
the treatment of diarrhea, polyuria, boils, leprosy, eye diseases, vomiting
and poisoning.
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Key Botanical Characters:
Woody climbers, branchletstomentose.
Leaves simple, opposite, 20-25 x 15-22 cm, broadly elliptic or
ovate-orbicular, apex shortly acuminate, base cordate, pubescent above and
tomentose beneath. Flowers 6-8 cm across, white, in terminal
tomentosepaniculate cymes. Calyx 1 cm long, glabrous, glandular within; lobes
ovate, acute. Corolla fairly large, salver shaped, lobes longer than the
tube, obovate, cuneate, rounded at apex. Stamens included, anthers
lanceolate, sagitate. Disc cupular. Crpels distinct, ovules many, stigma bifid.
Follicles to 30 x 2 cm, subtetragonous; seeds 2 cm long, coma 4.5 cm long,
white.
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