✿Asclepiadaceae · Leptadenia
Dori / Cork Swallow-Wort
Leptadenia reticulata
Climberoutdoor
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- May-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Leptadenia reticulata
- Genus
- Leptadenia
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Distribution
- India, Mauritius, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, Tropical Himalayas, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dori 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 Dori itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- dori, jhumka, jumka
- Tamil
- paalai keerai
- Kannada
- bugudi hoovina gedde
- Malayalam
- atakodiyan, atapatiyan, curinil
- Marathi
- bhuidodi, dodi, khaandodkee
About Dori
Cork Swallow-Wort (Leptadenia reticulata) belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and 5 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from May to January.
Botanical family
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Dori belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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