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Family: Asclepiadaceae	Genus: Cryptolepis	Species: Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida( दुधी )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult., Cryptolepis reticulata (Roth) Wall. Ex Steud., Nerium reticulatum Roxb.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Karanta, Kala Bel	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Wax Leaved Climber	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Dudhi	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 1200m	Fruit Type	Follicle
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit a follicles poniard- shaped, seeds flat, with silky coma
Habitat	Moist And Dry Deciduous Forests, Also In The Plains	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar To South And West China,Pakistan	Bark Details	Bark Purplish-red, Peeling Off In Papery Flakes. Latex White
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Large twining gabrous shrub with copious milky juice. Bark brown on old stems. Leaves oblong or elliptic, obtuse rounded, often apiculate at apex, glabrous, shining above, pale-glaucous beneath, secondary nerves numerous, slender, nearly parallel, united in an intramarginal ring, base rounded or subacute. Flowers yellow, in lax, often panicled cymes with opposite, divaricate, fleshy branches, constricted at the nodes, cymes. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute. Corolla lobes linear, linear-lanceolate. Coronal scales clavete, fleshy. Pollinia very minute, linear. Fruit a follicles poniard- shaped.	Leaf Details	. Leaves oblong or elliptic, obtuse rounded, often apiculate at apex, glabrous, shining above, pale-glaucous beneath, secondary nerves numerous, slender, nearly parallel, united in an intramarginal ring, base rounded or subacute.

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