Perum Kahamugan Kodi / Green Milkweed Creeper
Cosmostigma racemosum
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- April-December
How to identify Perum Kahamugan Kodi
Identify Perum Kahamugan Kodi 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: Flowers in long racemes, milky sap.
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad oval.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Perum Kahamugan Kodi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cosmostigma racemosum
- Genus
- Cosmostigma
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, scrub jungles and sacred groves
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malesia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Perum Kahamugan Kodi itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Perum Kahamugan Kodi itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Perum kahamugan kodi
- Malayalam
- വട്ടു വല്ലീ Vattu valli
- Marathi
- शॆंडवेल Shendvel, जाती Jati, मारवेल Marvel
About Perum Kahamugan Kodi
Green Milkweed Creeper (Cosmostigma racemosum) belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in moist deciduous forests, scrub jungles and sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Perum Kahamugan Kodi belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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