Family :
Asclepiadaceae
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Leaf arrangement
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Leaf Shape
Leaf Apex
Leaf Base
Leaf Margin
Habit : An erect succulent herb.
Habitat and Distribution : Occasional. Plains and lower slopes 900m. Peninsular India, Sri Lanka.
Field Tips : Watery latex present. Leaves along the angles, minute often spine like, caducous, leaving scars.
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Names:
Tamil : Kallimulaiyaam
Flower:
In terminal racemes, brown to dark purple. Flowering with a peak during July-September.Fruit :
A follicle, oblong to linear, apically beaked. Seeds oblong to obovoid, dull white or brownish. Fruiting from September onwards.
