Pan India Bouquets

Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult.

Family : Asclepiadaceae
(Milkweed Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
Synonym(s) : Chonemorpha reticulata G.Don; Cryptolepis reticulata (Roth) Wall. ex Steud.; Echites cuspidatus B.Heyne ex Hook.f.; Echites reticulatus Roth; Nerium reticulatum Roxb.; Periploca dubia Burm.f.; Periploca viridiflora Kostel.; Trachelospermum cavaleriei H.Lév.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida
Common name : Wax-leaved climber, Indian sarsaparilla
Vernacular name : Karanta (Hindi); Kare balli, Halu balli (Kannada); Paal kodi, Mattaankodi (Tamil); Adavi paalatiga, Gunji teega, Guruguvalateega, Meerpativa, Morsimada, Palatiga (Telugu); Khir kaichi, Dhudhimal, Kongha, Narbraha, Gar, Gopkanu, Gobkania, Khir kandi, Dhudi (Oria); Karamta (Marathi); Kattupalvalli, Kalipalvalli, Kilipalvalli, Palvalli (Malayalam); Dudhe, Gaaisinge, Koile Ghuriyo, Kaalo Sariwaa, Krishna Sariwaa (Nepali); Theikelki-suak (Mizo)
Habit : Climbing shrub
Habitat : Broad evergreen forest, moist and dry deciduous forest, sscrub along river banks, also in the plain; 300 - 2100 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Common on foothills to 1300 m. altitude, on cleared slopes, forest border etc. A ready colonizer.
Key identification features : Leaves usually more than 8cm long, lateral veins numerous and parallel; inflorescence branches with many persistent pairs of scaly bracts
Flower, Fruit : March-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to South China and 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: 173; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 691-692
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Cryptolepis buchananii. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.

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