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Family: Polygonaceae	Genus: Antigonon	Species: Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.( अनंतलता )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Antigonon cinerascens M.Martens & Galeotti; Antigonon cordatum M.Martens & Galeotti; Antigonon platypus Hook. & Arn.; Corculum leptopus Stuntz	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Anantalata	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Icecream flowers, Coral vine, Honolulu creeper, Mexican creeper, Bride's tears, Chain-of-love, Love-vine	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Anantalata	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Achene
Habit	Climber	Fruit Details	Fruit a 3-angle-achene
Habitat	Species is widely naturalized and cultivated as an ornamental	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	In warm, tropical climates around the world, including Africa, India, Australia, North, Central and South America, West Indies, and numerous islands in the Pacific Ocean	Bark Details	Fissured
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Perennial, woody climber using tendrils at the end of the inflorescence; Stems are puberulent, pentagonal. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, triangular-ovate, or almost lanceolate, chartaceous, apex acute or acuminate, base cordiform or truncate; margins crenulate, sometimes ciliate. Flowers bisexual, in axillary racemes or terminal panicles, terminating in a pair of spiral tendrils; pedicels. Perianth with 5 ovate or elliptical tepals, intense pink or white; staminal column same colour as the tepals. Fruit a 3-angle-achene,	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, triangular-ovate, or almost lanceolate, chartaceous, apex acute or acuminate, base cordiform or truncate; margins crenulate, sometimes ciliate

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