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Botanical Name: Cryptostegia grandiflora
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Family: Apocynaceae
Common Name: ***
Etymology - Genus: Hidden covering.
Etymology - Species: With large flowers
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Foreign
Location: Pune
Description: Vigorously spreading liana with smooth and dotted bark. All parts contain poisonous white latex.Leaf arranged opposite to each other and superposed - successive pairs arranged in one plane, interpetiolar ring is also observed.Petiole and midrib has a tinge of pink.Flowers appear at the end of the branch in cyme inflorescence.Flowers are pink or violet.Petals are in funnel shape. 5 Stamens are epipetalous and are joined together.The fruit is a follicle, two pods connected at the base, angled with 4 flat surfaces forming 4 edges.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Liana
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Smooth
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Vigorously spreading liana with smooth and dotted bark. All parts contain poisonous white latex.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Opposite-Superposed
Leaf Description: Leaf arranged opposite to each other and superposed - successive pairs arranged in one plane, interpetiolar ring is also observed.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Elliptic
Lamina Bases: Acute
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Petiole and midrib has a tinge of pink.
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Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Monochasiam
Bract: Ebracteate
Inflorescence Description: Flowers appear at the end of the branch in cyme inflorescence.
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Twisted
Flower Description: Flowers are pink or violet.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 20-Nov-2018 17:26 PM
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic polysepalous
Calyx Persistance:
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: Infundibuliform
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament: equal
Androecium Union of Stamens:
Androecium Number of Stamens: 5
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 2
Floral Parts Description: Petals are in funnel shape. 5 Stamens are epipetalous and are joined together.
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Fruit type: Follicle
Fruit type Description: The fruit is a follicle, two pods connected at the base, angled with 4 flat surfaces forming 4 edges.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: Epigeal
Dispersion Method: Wind
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