Anantamul / Indian Sarasaparilla
Hemidesmus indicus var. indicus
Also known as False Sarsaparilla, Country Sarasaparilla
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- September-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hemidesmus indicus var. indicus
- Genus
- Hemidesmus
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Goa, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Narrow lance/sword-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Anantamul itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Maroon/dark purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Anantamul itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- अनंतमूल Anantamul, दूधली Dudhli
- Tamil
- Nannari, Sugandipala
- Telugu
- Suganda pala
- Kannada
- ಸುಗಂಧ ಹಾಲಿನ ಗಿಡ Sugandha haalina gida, ಸೊಗದೆ Sogade, ನನ್ನಾರಿ Nannaari ಸುಗಂಧಿ Sugandhi
- Malayalam
- Narunenti
- Marathi
- अनंतवेल Anant vel
About Anantamul
Indian Sarasaparilla (Hemidesmus indicus var. indicus) is a climber in the Asclepiadaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and 13 other states. It grows in deciduous forests and scrub jungles, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from September to June.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Anantamul belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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