• Family : Lardizabalaceae
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Lardizabalaceae
• Synonym(s) : Hoya cavaleriei H.Lév.; Holboellia latifolia subsp. chartacea C.Y.Wu & S.H.Huang ex H.N.Qin; Holboellia ovatifoliolata Y.C.Wu & T.Chen
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Stauntonia latifolia (Wall.) R.Br. ex Wall.
• Common name : Sausage vine
• Vernacular name : Gomphal, Gukhnial (Hindi); Mirang ksa (Khasi), Bagul, Guphala (Nepali)
• Habit : Twining shrubs
• Habitat : Forest margins, especially Cool broad-leaved forests, 1880-2900 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Fruit edible
• Key identification features : A large woody climber with palmate leaves with 3-9 long-stalked leaflets, and with tubular to bell-shaped, very sweet-scented, purplish flowers
• Flower, Fruit : April-June
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Meghalaya : West Jaintia Hills (Jowai) district
• Native : Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 71; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 330; Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 23; Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.2. Published BSI: 71
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Holboellia latifolia. Downloaded on 28 March 2023.

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