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Wattakaka volubilis (L. fil.) Stapf.

Synonym: Marsdenia volubilis
Wattakaka volubilis (L. fil.) Stapf.
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🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
English
  • Green Milkweed Climber
  • Sneeze Wort
Hindi
  • Akad Bel
Malayalam
  • Kakkalankodi
  • Vattakakkakkoti
Other
  • Kodippalai
  • Kurinjaan
  • Peria Palai/Pasandha Ambu
  • Vattakkakkakodi
Tamil
  • Kodi Palai
  • Kurinja
📚 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
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Leaves to 10 x 7 cm, ovate, base cordate, apex acuminate, glabrous. Umbels 5-6 cm long, axillary; calyx lobes unequal, 2 mm, lanceolate; corolla rotate, tube 3 mm, lobes 4 x 4 mm, orbicular; corona single, staminal with 2 globular masses above anthers; pollinia erect. Follicles 10 x 3 cm, ribbed, blunt at apex.
    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
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    References 
      Habit: Twining Shrub
      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
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: March-July
        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
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        References 
          Morphology
          Flower

          In axillary umbels, greenish. Flowering peaks from April-May (hills) and July-November (Plains).

          Fruit

          A follicle, oblong, gradually narrow, with golden indumentum when young. Seeds obovoid, flattened, soft, dull white. Fruiting throughout the year.

          Leaf Apices

          Shortly acuminate

          Leaf arrangement

          Opposite decussate

          Leaf Bases

          Rounded

          Leaf Margins

          Entire

          Leaf Types

          Simple

          Habit

          A liana.

          Keystone Foundation
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          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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          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
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            References 
              Food plant of blue Tiger butterfly.
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                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Common in the plains from coast to 1300m. Subtropical Himalaya, India, east to west and south China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka.
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                  Moist deciduous forests and scrub jungles
                  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
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                  References 
                    Description
                    Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Malapuram, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, 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

                      Indo-Malesia and China

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                      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
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                        📚 Occurrence
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                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses
                        Leaves are made into a tonic, this aids in weight loss.
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                          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
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                            📚 Information Listing
                            References
                            1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                            2. Asclepias volubilis L. f., Suppl. Pl. 170. 1781.
                            3. Dragea volubilis (L. f.) Benth. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 46. 1883.
                            4. Wattakaka volubilis (L. f.) Stapf, Bot. Mag. 148: sub t. 8976. 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 170. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 260. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 233. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 180. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 286. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 248. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 439. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 293. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 300. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 294. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 36. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 199. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 322. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 444. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 537. 2009.
                            5. Hoya viridiflora R. Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 27. 1811.
                            6. Marsdenia volubilis (L. f.) Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: 166. 1904; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 846(595). 1923.
                            Information Listing > References
                            1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                            2. Asclepias volubilis L. f., Suppl. Pl. 170. 1781.
                            3. Dragea volubilis (L. f.) Benth. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 46. 1883.
                            4. Wattakaka volubilis (L. f.) Stapf, Bot. Mag. 148: sub t. 8976. 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 170. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 260. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 233. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 180. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 286. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 248. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 439. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 293. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 300. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 294. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 36. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 199. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 322. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 444. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 537. 2009.
                            5. Hoya viridiflora R. Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 27. 1811.
                            6. Marsdenia volubilis (L. f.) Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: 166. 1904; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 846(595). 1923.

                            Plant species composition on two rock outcrops from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

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                            📚 Meta data
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                            🐾 Taxonomy
                            RootRoot
                            KingdomPlantae
                            PhylumTracheophyta
                            ClassMagnoliopsida
                            OrderGentianales
                            FamilyApocynaceae
                            GenusMarsdenia
                            SpeciesMarsdenia volubilis
                            📊 Temporal Distribution
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