Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Apocynaceae | Genus: Tabernaemontana | Species:
Tabernaemontana divaricata (Linn.)
R.Br. ex Roem. & Schult.
( चांदनी ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Ervatamia coronaria (Jacq.) Stapf, Nerium divaricatum Linn | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Chandani | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Crape jasmine, Moonbeam, Carnation of India , Pinwheel flower | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Chandani | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit a follicles obliquely narrowly ellipsoid showy. |
| Habitat | Evergreen Forests, also Cultivated | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Widely distributed in tropical parts of the world, including Brazil, Egypt, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand. | Bark Details | Not particularly showy; typically multi- trunked or clumping stems and greenish brown in colour |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | A up to 2.5m tall. Bark crooked, stems exude a milky latex when broken. Leaf deep green, leaf blade elliptic or narrowly so, apex acuminate. Flower in . cymes, dichotomous, bracts scalelike, calyx lobes often ciliate; corolla white, lobes simple or double; stamens inserted at basal third of corolla tube. Fruit a follicles obliquely narrowly ellipsoid. | Leaf Details | Leaf deep green, leaf blade elliptic or narrowly so, apex acuminate |
