Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Asclepiadaceae | Genus: Asclepias | Species: Asclepias curassavica Linn.( काकाटुन्डी ) |
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| Synonym | Asclepias nivea var. curassavica (Linn.) Kuntze | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Kakatundi | Flower Type | Umbel |
| English / Trade Name | Scarlet Milkweed, Bloodflower, Silkweed, Indian root. | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kakatundi | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Follicles erect, smooth, beaked; seeds comose, with thickened margins. |
| Habitat | River banks, forest edges, waste places. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Various parts of India and tropics, introduced from tropical America. | Bark Details | Smooth in texture and greenish in colour. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | Shrub up to 1.5 m. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, entire, pointed at both ends, glabrous or hairy on the nerves beneath. Flowers orange-yellow, in terminal or axillary, many flowered umbellate panicles. Calyx 5-lobed; a gland between 2-lobes. Corolla orange-red; lobes lanceolate, obtuse; anther tips membranous, inflexed. Fruit a Follicle erect, smooth, beaked; seeds comose, with thickened margins. | Leaf Details | Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, entire, pointed at both ends, glabrous or hairy on the nerves beneath. |
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