Family :
Apocynaceae
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Linear, Lanceolate
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Cuneate
Leaf Margin
Habit : A large evergreen shrub.
Habitat and Distribution : Common in wastelands. Plains from the coast to 1400m, Native of tropical Peru, widely naturalized.
Field Tips : Milky latex present. Leaves shiny, linear-tapering.
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Names:
English : Yellow OleanderIrula : Manjaaralie
Tamil : Ponnarali, Thiruvachipoo
Hindi : Kulkephul
Flower:
In axillary and terminal cymes, yellow. Flowering throughout the year.Fruit :
A drupe, broadly turbinate, slightly compressed laterally. Seeds flattened, without coma. Fruiting throughout the year.
