Chitraleena / Forest Aganosma
Aganosma cymosa var. cymosa
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Meghalaya
How to identify Chitraleena
Identify Chitraleena by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya.
- Confirm it sits within the Apocynaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chitraleena.
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.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Chitraleena belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
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