Rubber-vine

Cryptostegia grandiflora

Also known as Purple allamanda

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About Rubber-vine

Cryptostegia grandiflora, commonly known as rubber vine, is a woody-perennial vine that is native to south-west Madagascar. It is also a significant weed in northern Australia, sometimes regarded as the worst weed in all of Australia. It has also been introduced to most other tropical and subtropical regions because of its attractive flowers and its latex containing commercial quality rubber (hence the name). It is now naturalised in the Caribbean, East Africa, Mauritius, India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Latin America, the southern United States, Fiji and New Caledonia. It is very similar to the purple rubber vine (C. madagascariensis), which is also native to Madagascar.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plant Details

Scientific name: Cryptostegia grandiflora
Genus: Cryptostegia
Family: ASCLEPIADACEAE
Habit: Liana
Habitat: Near water bodies
Native to: Madagascar
Distribution: Tropics of the World
Flowering & fruiting: Throughout the year
Conservation status: Not Evaluated (NE)

Local Names

Hindi: Rubber ki bel रबर की बेल
Tamil: பாலை Palai
Kannada: ಹಂಬುರಬ್ಬರ್ Hambu rubber gida
Malayalam: pala, palay
Marathi: Vilyati-Vakundi, विलायती वाकुंडी

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Botanical family

Asclepiadaceae

Milkweed Family

Rubber-vine belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.

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