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Asclepias curassavica L.

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Asclepias curassavica L.
Asclepias curassavica L.
Asclepias curassavica L.
Asclepias curassavica L.
Asclepias curassavica L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAsclepias aurantiaca Salisb.
synonymAsclepias bicolor Moench
synonymAsclepias curassavica f. flaviflora Tawada
synonymAsclepias curassavica f. kentingensis F.C. Ho
synonymAsclepias syriaca Blanco
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Bhadoi-tita
English
  • Blood Flower
  • Curassavian
  • Swallow-wort
  • West Indian Ipecacuanha
Hindi
  • Kak Tund
  • Kaura Dodi
  • Raktapushpa
  • काकाटुन्डी Kakatundi
Irula
  • Neer poo
Manipuri
  • ক্ৰিশ্নচূৰা Krishnachura
Marathi
  • पिवळा चित्रक Pivla Chitrak
  • हळद कुंकूं Halad Kunku
Other
  • Bloodflower
  • False Ipecac
  • Indian Root
  • Kammalchedi
  • Langthlei
  • Scarlet Milkweed
  • Silkweed
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Habit: A perennial shrub, upto 1m.
    Keystone Foundation
    Attributions Keystone Foundation
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      No Data
      📚 Natural History
      Morphology

      Growth Form

      Shrub
      Shrub
      Flower

      In umbellate cymes; bright red coloured. Flowering throughout the year.

      Fruit

      A fusiform follicle, tapering at both ends; seeds flattened, winged, ending in a silky coma. Fruiting throughout the year.

      Field tips

      Root tuberous. Latex milky white. Flowers red, stamen yellow.

      Leaf Arrangement

      Decussate or whorled

      Leaf Type

      Simple

      Leaf Shape

      Lanceolate

      Leaf Apex

      Acute

      Leaf Base

      Acute

      Leaf Margin

      Entire

      Keystone Foundation
      Attributions Keystone Foundation
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        Miscellaneous Details
        Notes: Plains to High Altitude, Cultivated/ Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Food plant of the Plain Tiger butterfly and other butterflies. Often grown in gardens.
          Keystone Foundation
          Attributions Keystone Foundation
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Hilly 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.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Common in hills above 500m, in marshy land, along stream banks. Native to tropical America. Naturalized in India, Sri Lanka.
              Keystone Foundation
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              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Description
                Global Distribution

                India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Uttar Pradesh; America

                Local Distribution

                Bongaigaon, Dima Hasao

                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
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts
                  G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Native of tropical America, now widely distributed in the old world tropics.
                    Keystone Foundation
                    Attributions Keystone Foundation
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Occurrence
                      No Data
                      📚 Uses and Management
                      Uses

                      System of Medicines Used In

                      Ayurveda
                      Ayurveda
                      Siddha
                      Siddha
                      Traditional chinese medicine
                      Traditional chinese medicine
                      System Of Medicines Used In

                      Ayurveda, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                      FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=250
                      Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=250
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Rarely grown as an ornamental plant in gardens.
                        Keystone Foundation
                        Attributions Keystone Foundation
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          No Data
                          📚 Information Listing
                          References
                          1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=250
                          1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                          Information Listing > References
                          1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=250
                          2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

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                          📚 Meta data
                          No Data
                          🐾 Taxonomy
                          RootRoot
                          KingdomPlantae
                          PhylumTracheophyta
                          ClassMagnoliopsida
                          OrderGentianales
                          FamilyApocynaceae
                          GenusAsclepias
                          SpeciesAsclepias curassavica L.
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