✿Asclepiadaceae · Telosma
Surkilla / Telosma Vine
Telosma pallida
Climbing shruboutdoor
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- May-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Telosma pallida
- Genus
- Telosma
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam
- Found in India
- Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Heart-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Surkilla 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 Surkilla itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Surkilla
- Malayalam
- പാൽക്കുരുമ്പ
About Surkilla
Telosma Vine (Telosma pallida) is a climbing shrub in the Asclepiadaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and 5 other states. It grows in scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from May to December.
Botanical family
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Surkilla belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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