Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Ichnocarpus frutescens (Linn.) W.T. Alton

Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Ichnocarpus Species: Ichnocarpus frutescens (Linn.) W.T. Alton( कालीदुधी )

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Synonym Ichnocarpus frutescensvar. frutescens, , Ichnocarpus frutescensvar. leptodictyus (F. Muell) DominIchnocarpus frutescens var.ovalifolius(A.DC.) DebIchno Flower Color White
Common Name Kalidudhi, Shyamalata Flower Type Cyme
English / Trade Name Black Creeper Flowering Period Jan-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name Kalidudhi Fruiting Period Jan-Dec
Altitude Upto 1600m Fruit Type Follicle
Habit Climber Fruit Details A paired, cylindric follicular mericarp; seeds many, basally furrowed, apex covered by silky coma.
Habitat Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains Bark Type Smooth
Distribution Indo-Malesia and Australia Bark Details
Distribution in Haryana Karnal, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore, Panipat Origin Native
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
    Leaf Shape Ovate
Description of Species Climbers, branchlets brown-tomentose. Leaves ovate, apex obtusely acute, base rounded, nerves 5 pairs, brown-pubescent below; petiole to 5 mm long. Flowers in terminal or axillary panicled cymes; calyx long, lobes ovate, acute, pubescent; corolla white, salver shaped, contracted at mouth, tube 2 mm long, hairy inside, throat densely white-villous, lobes twisted, oblong, acuminate; stamens included, anthers deeply sagitate at base, apiculate at apex; carpels free, stigma columnar. fruit rusty puberulus; seeds many, compressed, crowned with long silky coma. Leaf Details Leaves ovate, apex obtusely acute, base rounded, nerves 5 pairs, brown-pubescent below; petiole to 5 mm long.
 

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