Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS108 : Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib

Plant Category : Shrubs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -

Synonym : Asclepias pallido Roxb.; Pergularia pallida Wight & Arn.;

Plant Common Name : Telosma vine • Hindi: Surkilla • Telugu: Konda male-tige, Aalapala, Errumalle-tige

Plant Family : Asclepiadaceae

Description : Stems slender, to 3 m, puberulent. Petiole 2.5-3.5 cm; leaf blade ovate-cordate, 6-8 × 3-5 cm, membranous, glabrous, base deeply cordate, apex acuminate; basal veins 5, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs. Cymes extra-axillary, umbel-like; peduncle 0.7-1.5 cm. Pedicel 5-12 mm. Flowers odorless or nearly so. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla yellow-white; tube nearly as long as or shorter than lobes, throat villous; lobes lanceolate, glabrous. Corona lobes fleshy, apex acuminate, longer than anther appendages; pollinia oblong, erect. Stigma head conical, apex retuse. Follicles cylindric-lanceolate, 5.5-10 cm. Seeds ovate, 5-8 mm; coma ca. 2.5 cm. Fl. Aug, fr. Oct-Dec. 2n = 22.

Plant Location in Melghat : Umarkhed

Medicinal Use / Activity : Used to treat whooping cough, cold and asthma. The milky latex obtained from fruit is used in leucoderma and other skin diseases.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: pallidine; pallidinine;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395 - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018714 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Telosma%20Vine.html - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/231310 - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318649011 - http://www.ijrap.net/admin/php/uploads/1993_pdf.pdf

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Gentianales
Family : Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed family
Genus : Telosma
Species : Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib

Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib
Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib
Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib
Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib
Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib