Madhu Malati / Rangoon Creeper
Quisqualis indica
Also known as Burma Creeper, Chinese Honeysuckle
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Quisqualis indica
- Genus
- Quisqualis
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Mizoram, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Tripura, Manipur, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Daman & Diu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“The leaves are simple, elliptical in outline, with an acuminate tip and a rounded base;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“The leaves are simple, elliptical in outline, with an acuminate tip and a rounded base;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Madhu Malati itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Changes white to pink to redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Madhu Malati itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- মাধৱী লতা Madhavi lata
- Hindi
- मधु मालती Madhu Malati
- Kannada
- ಸಂಧ್ಯಾರಾಣಿ Sandhya rani, ರಂಗೂನ್ ಕೆಂಪುಹೂ Rangoon kempu hoo, ರಂಗೂನ್ ಕೆಂಪುಮಲ್ಲೆ Rangoon kempu malle
- Manipuri
- ꯄꯥꯔꯤꯖꯥꯠ Parijat
- Marathi
- मधुमालती Madhumalati
- Tamil
- Irangun malli
- Bengali
- মধুমংজরী Madhumanjari
- Telugu
- రాధామనోహరం
About Madhu Malati
Rangoon Creeper (Quisqualis indica) is a climbing shrub in the Combretaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and 30 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Madhu Malati belongs to the Combretaceae family.
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