✿Apocynaceae · Ellertonia
Ellertonia rheedii
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- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- July-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ellertonia rheedii
- Genus
- Ellertonia
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests, Semi-Evergreen forests and sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-January
- 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
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ellertonia rheedii itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Ellertonia rheedii
A member of the Apocynaceae family, Ellertonia rheedii is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in evergreen forests, Semi-Evergreen forests and sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from July to January.
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Ellertonia rheedii belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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