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Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br.

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Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br.
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br.
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br.
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAsclepias pseudosarsa Roxb.
synonymCosmostigma cordatum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida
synonymHemidesmus cordatus (Poir.) Schult.
synonymHemidesmus pubescens Wight & Arn.
synonymHemidesmus wallichii Miq. ex Hook. fil.
synonymPeriploca cordata Poir.
synonymPeriploca indica L.
synonymPeriploca malabarica Burm. ex Decne.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Anantamul
Bengali
  • অনন্তমূল Anantamul
English
  • Indian Sarsaparilla
Gujarati
  • અનંતમૂળ Anantamul
  • ઉપલસારી Upalsaari
Hindi
  • अनंतमूल Anantamul
  • सूगंदीपाला Sugandi Pala
Kannada
  • ಅನಮ್ತಮೂಲ Anamtamula
Konkani
  • Uparsal
Malayalam
  • നന്നാറി Nannaari
Manipuri
  • অনংতমূল Anantamul
Marathi
  • अनंतवेल Anantavel
  • उपळसरी Upalsari
Oriya
  • Suguddimalo
Other
  • False Sarsaparilla
  • Indian Sarsaparilla
  • Kir Magalie
Persian
  • عشبه 'ushba
Sanskrit
  • अनन्तमूलः Anantamulah
  • बल्यम् Balyam
  • शारिवा Shariva
Tamil
  • Nannaari
  • Nannari
  • Suganthipaalaa
  • Suganthi Paalaa
  • நன்னாரி Nannari
Telugu
  • సుగంధి Sugandhi
Urdu
  • سالسا Salsa
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
Description
Habit: A slender twiner, to 6m.
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    📚 Natural History
    Morphology
    Flower

    In axillary fascicles, subsessile; purple, subrotate. Flowering from November-February.

    Fruit

    Terete paired follicles, gradually narrowed, abruptly acuminate; seeds many, oblong, flattened, ventrally ridged, coma brownish-white. Fruiting February onwards.

    Field tips

    Latex milky. Leaves with white patches along the midrib on the upper side during the juvenile stage.

    Leaf Arrangement

    Opposite-decussate

    Leaf Type

    Simple

    Leaf Shape

    Elliptic-broadly oblong

    Leaf Apex

    Acute

    Leaf Base

    Acute-rounded

    Leaf Margin

    Entire

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      Miscellaneous Details
      The roots are harvested for trade and are used in Ayurvedic medicine and to flavour sherbet.
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        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        General Habitat
        Forested areas
        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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          Sighted growing solitary in tilled or burnt fields. Plains from the coast, in scrub jungles and upto 1000m on the slopes. Peninsular India.
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            Description
            Global Distribution

            India: Assam, Maharastra, Meghalaya

            Local Distribution

            Western Assam

            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
            Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
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            References 
              Very common in scrub jungles and thickets from plains to 600m. India and Sri Lanka.
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                No Data
                📚 Occurrence
                No Data
                📚 Uses and Management
                Uses
                The roots possess a combination of sweet and mild bitter taste and are included in various kinds of drinks and beverages.
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                  Folklore
                  Indigenous Information: Roots are used as a colouring agent for tea and also used in indigenous medicines.
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                    📚 Information Listing
                    References

                    Angiosperm diversity of Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh: a checklist

                    Journal of Threatened Taxa

                    Floristic enumeration of Torna Fort (Western Ghats, India): a storehouse of endemic plants

                    Journal of Threatened Taxa

                    Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

                    Journal of Threatened Taxa

                    Foliicolous fungi on medicinal plants in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India

                    Journal of Threatened Taxa

                    DOCUMENTATION OF WILD PLANT TUBERS AS FOOD RESOURCES IN HASSAN DISTRICT, KARNATAKA

                    Dr. G. M. Prashanth Kumar

                    Wild edible plants of Hassan District, Karnataka: A role in ayurvedic formulation

                    Dr. G. M. Prashanth Kumar

                    Floristic diversity of Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

                    Journal of Threatened Taxa

                    Study of vegetation of some plateaus nearby Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)

                    Rujuta Vinod

                    CEPF-ATREE small grant program Report 2013 - ACTIndia

                    cepfrit

                    Private_forests_malki_Maharashtra_Western Ghats_WRCS_Tech Report

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                    📚 Meta data
                    No Data
                    🐾 Taxonomy
                    RootRoot
                    KingdomPlantae
                    PhylumTracheophyta
                    ClassMagnoliopsida
                    OrderGentianales
                    FamilyApocynaceae
                    GenusHemidesmus
                    SpeciesHemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br.
                    📊 Temporal Distribution
                    📷 Related Observations
                    👥 Groups
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