Siranige Hambu / Emetic Secamone
Secamone emetica
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Siranige Hambu
Identify Siranige Hambu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Induces vomiting if ingested (emetic).
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad oval.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Siranige Hambu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Secamone emetica
- Genus
- Secamone
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Siranige Hambu 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 Siranige Hambu itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- Shadaburi
- Kannada
- Siranige hambu
About Siranige Hambu
A member of the Asclepiadaceae family, Emetic Secamone (Secamone emetica) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh. It grows in deciduous forests and scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Siranige Hambu belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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