✿Apocynaceae · Aganosma
Chitraleena / Forest Aganosma
Aganosma cymosa var. cymosa
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- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Meghalaya
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aganosma cymosa var. cymosa
- Genus
- Aganosma
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Meghalaya
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 Chitraleena itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- Chidaralanabilu, ಚಿತ್ರಲೀನ Chitraleena
- Malayalam
- anaikaita, anakkayyerram, tsjeria-pu-pal-valli
About Chitraleena
Forest Aganosma (Aganosma cymosa var. cymosa) belongs to the Apocynaceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya. It grows in dry deciduous forests.
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Chitraleena belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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