Pan India Bouquets

Paravallaris macrophylla Pierre ex Hua

Family : Apocynaceae
(Dogbane Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
Synonym(s) : Kibatalia anceps (Dunn & R.S.Williams) Woodson; Paravallaris yunnanensis Tsiang & P.T.Li; Trachelospermum anceps Dunn & R.S.Williams; Vallaris anceps (Dunn & R.S.Williams) Wall. ex C.E.C.Fisch.; Vallaris arborea C.E.C.Fisch.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Kibatalia macrophylla (Pierre ex Hua) Woodson
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Littoral forest, montane forests, stream banks, valleys, roadsides; at elevations from 200 - 700 m.
Comments / notes : The latex is used to arrest bleeding of leech bites.
Flower, Fruit : April-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : China (South Yunnan) to Indo-China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 172
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Paravallaris macrophylla. Downloaded on 4 July 2022.