Moorva / Frangipani Vine
Chonemorpha fragrans
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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
- Arrangement
- Opposite
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
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Moorva itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- मूर्वा Moorva, Garbhedaro
- Nepali
- घोर्यू Ghoryu
- Tamil
- பெரும்குரும்ப Perumkurumpa
- Telugu
- Chaga
- Kannada
- Manjinaru
- Malayalam
- Appuppanthadi, Mutthappanthadi, Novunni
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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