Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Asclepiadaceae | Genus: Oxystelma | Species:
Oxystelma esculentum (Linn.
f.) Sm.
( दुधी की बेल, दूधलता
) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Oxystelma wallichii Wight, Periploca esculenta L. f. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Dudhialata, Dudhi-ki-bel | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Rosy Milkweed Vine | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Dudhialata, Dudhi-ki-bel | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1200 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Follicles glabrous; seeds broadly ovate. |
| Habitat | Scrub jungles | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Pakistan, India, Burma, Indonesia, Ceylon, Iraq and Egypt. | Bark Details | Stem much branched slender, glabrous. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Jind, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Rohtak, Sonepat | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | Perennial twining shrub with milky juice, stem much branched slender, glabrous. Leaves deciduous, linear or linear lanceolate, acute, pale green, glabrous. Flowers in pendunculate lateral subumbellate or recemoid 2-4 flowered cymes. Calyx lobes glabrous. Corolla pale rose coloured or almost white, lobes densely pubescent. Fruit a follicle glabrous; seeds broadly ovate. | Leaf Details | Leaves deciduous, linear or linear lanceolate, acute, pale green, glabrous. |
