Typical of the Apocynaceae family
Chonemorpha fragrans
Moorva / Frangipani Vine मूर्वा
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Moorva in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | मूर्वा | Moorva, Garbhedaro |
| Nepali | घोर्यू | Ghoryu |
| Tamil | பெரும்குரும்ப | Perumkurumpa |
| Telugu | Not recorded | Chaga |
| Kannada | Not recorded | Manjinaru |
| Malayalam | Not recorded | Appuppanthadi, Mutthappanthadi, Novunni |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- मूर्वा Moorva, Garbhedaro
- Nepali
- घोर्यू Ghoryu
- Tamil
- பெரும்குரும்ப Perumkurumpa
- Telugu
- Chaga
- Kannada
- Manjinaru
- Malayalam
- Appuppanthadi, Mutthappanthadi, Novunni
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., Assam, India, West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Himalaya to W. & C. Malesia.
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- Kerala →Karnataka →Meghalaya →
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How to identify Moorva
Identify Moorva 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Strongly fragrant flowers, large velvety leaves.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Sikkim and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Apocynaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Moorva.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chonemorpha fragrans
- Genus
- Chonemorpha
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Native to
- Indo-Malayan
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Assam, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“The mature leaves are large, deep green, shiny, and hirsute (hairy), especially underneath.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Moorva itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Moorva itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Moorva
A member of the Apocynaceae family, Frangipani Vine (Chonemorpha fragrans) is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Meghalaya and 8 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine and stripped for fibre used in rope and matting. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Moorva belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
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