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Botanical Name: Dregea volubilis
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Family: Apocynaceae
Common Name: हरणदोडी
Etymology - Genus: Named for Johann Franz (or Frantz) Drege, 19th century German-born botanical collector and horticulturist.
Etymology - Species: Twining
Ecosystem: Deciduous
Origin: Native
Location: Pune, Taljai Hill, Vetal Hill
Description: Vigorously spreading liana with dotted bark. All parts contain poisonous white latex.Leaf arranged opposite to each other.Very elegant heart shape leaves.Individual flowers are arranged in umbel type of inflorescence - flowers appear to be arising from a single point and forming a shape like an umbrella. Inflorescence appear in leaf axil.Flowers are greenish yellow, small but extremely elegant.Very characteristic cup shaped corolla, enclosing a corona of stamen.The fruit is a follicle, two pods connected at the base, extending out like a horn, turgid and velvety.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Liana
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture:
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Vigorously spreading liana with dotted bark. All parts contain poisonous white latex.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Opposite-Decussate
Leaf Description: Leaf arranged opposite to each other.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Ovate
Lamina Bases: Cordate
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Very elegant heart shape leaves.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Umbel
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Individual flowers are arranged in umbel type of inflorescence - flowers appear to be arising from a single point and forming a shape like an umbrella. Inflorescence appear in leaf axil.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Twisted
Flower Description: Flowers are greenish yellow, small but extremely elegant.
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic polysepalous
Calyx Persistance:
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: Cup shaped
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens: Corona
Androecium Number of Stamens: 5
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 2
Floral Parts Description: Very characteristic cup shaped corolla, enclosing a corona of stamen.
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Fruit type: Follicle
Fruit type Description: The fruit is a follicle, two pods connected at the base, extending out like a horn, turgid and velvety.
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method: Wind
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