About Spiral-vined Silkpod
Parsonsia alboflavescens is a woody vine of the family Apocynaceae, found from tropical and subtropical Asia to Northern Australia. In the Northern Territory of Australia, where it occurs in Arnhem Land, it has been declared "near threatened".
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Parsonsia alboflavescens
- Genus
- Parsonsia
- Family
- APOCYNACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen, Evergreen forests, also in the plains and coast
- Distribution
- Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, S.China, Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ezhuthani, kudici-kodi, wallia-pal-valli
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Spiral-vined Silkpod belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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