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Strophanthus gratus
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Strophanthus gratus (Wall. & Hook.) Baill., Hist. Pl. 10: 171. 1888.
Roupellia grata Wall. & Hook., Bot. Mag. 75: t. 4466. 1849.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Climbing Oleander, Rose Allamanda
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Description:
Scandent woody shrubs, latex milky; branches dark or purplish brown, densely lenticellate, branchlets glabrous. Leaves opposite, 5-18 2-9 cm, ovate, elliptic, or obovate, leathery, glabrous; lateral veins 5-11 pairs; petiole 0.5-3.2 mm. Cymes glabrous. Flowers fragrant. Sepals obovate or broadly so, 0.7-1.8 cm. Corolla pinkish-white, turning yellow at base, reddish or purple above, throat reddish; tube 2.5-4.5 cm, inflated in distal half; lobes orbicular or nearly so, 1.5-3.5 X 1.5-3.2 cm, apex rounded; corona lobes pink, awl-shaped, 0.5-1.5 cm, exserted. Filaments pubescent adaxially, connective glabrous, extending into a tail 6-12 mm.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of West and West Central Africa
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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