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Family: Asclepiadaceae	Genus: Leptadenia	Species: Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight ( झूमका )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Asclepias tuberosa Roxb., Leptadenia appendiculata Decne., Leptadenia imberbis Wight	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Dori, Jhumka, Jumka, Meethi dodi, Jivanti, Madhusrava , Jivani,	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Leptadenia, Cork Swallow-Wort	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Meethi dodi, Jhumka	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Upto 1200m	Fruit Type	Follicle
Habit	Climber	Fruit Details	Fruit a follicetum of 2 follicles (one aborts), straight, turgid, smooth, beaked, woody; seeds narrowly ovoid, with a tufted micropylar coma of long silky hairs, endosperm thin and small.
Habitat	Moist and dry deciduous forests	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Indo-Malesia to Madagascar	Bark Details	The bark of the plant is yellowish brown in color and is corky with deep cracks.
Distribution in Haryana	M. Garh, Mewat, Rewari	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Woody climbers, latex milky, mealy pubescent. Leaves to 9 x 7 cm, broadly ovate, oblong, gradually acute at apex, base truncate or shallowly cordate, stellate hairy; petiole to 3 cm. Umbels axillary; peduncles to 0.5 cm, pubescent; flowers yellow, pedicels to 7 mm; bracts 4 mm, hairy; calyx cupular, 2 mm, pubescent, ovate; corolla tube 1.5 mm, lobes 3 mm, triangular ovate, margins folded, pubescent; corona double, outer corolline, bifid; inner staminal; pollinia suberect, pellucid; ovary 1 mm. Follicles paired, 6 x 2 cm, bluntly acute at both ends.	Leaf Details	Leaves to 9 x 7 cm, broadly ovate, oblong, gradually acute at apex, base truncate or shallowly cordate, stellate hairy; petiole to 3 cm.

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