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
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- मूर्वा Moorva, Garbhedaro
- Nepali
- घोर्यू Ghoryu
- Tamil
- பெரும்குரும்ப Perumkurumpa
- Telugu
- Chaga
- Kannada
- Manjinaru
- Malayalam
- Appuppanthadi, Mutthappanthadi, Novunni
About Moorva
Frangipani Vine (Chonemorpha fragrans) is a liana belonging to the Apocynaceae family (Dogbane family). Members of this family are generally characterised by opposite/whorled simple leaves, cymose/umbellate flower clusters, follicle pair fruit. It is usually grown in outdoor settings. Native to Indo-Malayan, it is distributed across India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Moorva belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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