Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Asclepiadaceae | Genus: Wattakaka | Species: Wattakaka volubilis (Linn.f.) Stapf( अकड़ बेल, डाँग दोदही ) |
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| Synonym | Asclepias volubilis Linn. f., Hoya viridiflora R. Br., Dregea volubilis (Linn.f.) Benth,.var.lacuna (Hamilt) Hook.f., Marsdenia volubilis (Linn.f.) Cooke | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Padal bel (Balarwa), Akad bel (Danwara), Dang dodhi, Harandodi, Nak-chikni. | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Sneeze Wort, Cotton milk plant, Green milkweed climber, Green wax flower | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Akad bel (Danwara), Dang dodhi. | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruit in pairs, rarely solitary, divaricting, velvety when mature rugosely striate and wrinkled when dry, many-seeded; seeds ovoid, with a pinkish margin all round, glabrous. |
| Habitat | Climber often twining around trees, especially in dry climate | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Subtropical Himalaya, India, east to west and south China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka. | Bark Details | Softly-greyish or brownish, hoary when young, cylindrical, warty, lenticelled when old. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, M. Garh, Mewat, Rewari | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | A perennial climbing, hoary or mealy shrub, with watery sap. Stem softly-greyish or brownish, hoary when young, cylindrical, warty, lenticelled when old. Leaves broadly ovate, shortly acuminate at apex, rounded at the base, mealy especially beneath when young, more or less glabrous with age, with numerous glands at the base of the midrib on the upper surface. Flowers yellowish-green, in many-flowered, drooping, lateral, umbellate cymes; peduncles 2-3 cm long, arising from between the petioles, terete, sparingly pubescent; bracts cadusous, linear, acute puberulent; calyx pubescent outside; lobes ovate, acute, ciliolate on the mrgins; corolla rotate, puberulent outside; lobes divided ¾ way down, overlapping to the right. Fruit a follicle, rarely solitary, divaricting, velvety when mature rugosely striate and wrinkled when dry, many-seeded; seeds ovoid. | Leaf Details | Leaves broadly ovate, shortly acuminate at apex, rounded at the base, mealy especially beneath when young, more or less glabrous with age, with numerous glands at the base of the midrib on the upper surface. |
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