✿Apocynaceae · Aganosma
Malati
Aganosma caryophyllata
Also known as Clove Scented Echites
Lianaoutdoor
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering
- February-September
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aganosma caryophyllata
- Genus
- Aganosma
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Malati itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- গন্ধমালতী Gandho-Malati, মালতী Malati
- Gujarati
- માલતી Malati
- Hindi
- मालती Malati
- Kannada
- ಮಾಲತಿ ಲತಾ Malati Lata
- Malayalam
- കാവെട്ടാവള്ളി Kavettavalli
- Marathi
- मालती Malati
- Odia
- ବଣ ମାଳତୀ Bana Malati, ବିଶଲ୍ୟକରଣୀ Bishalyakaranni, ଗନ୍ଧମାଳତୀ Gandhamalati, ମାଳତୀ Malati
- Sanskrit
- मालती Malati, विष्णुवल्लभा Vishnuvallabha
- Santali
- ᱨᱟᱛᱮᱱ Raten
- Tamil
- மாலதி Malati
- Telugu
- గూడపాల తీగ Gudapala Thige, పాలమల్లె Palamalle, విశల్యకరణి Visalyakarani
- Urdu
- مالتي Malati
About Malati
Malati (Aganosma caryophyllata) is a woody climber in the Apocynaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Flowering and fruiting run from February to September.
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Malati belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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