Family: APOCYNACEAE

Genera in this family found in Rajasthan include.

1. Allamanda

   

   

2. Alstonia

   

3. Carissa

   

4. Cascabela

   

5. Catharanthus

   

   

   

6. Cryptostegia

   

7. Ichnocarpus

   

8. Marsdenia

   

9. Oxystelma

   

10. Pergularia

    

11. Plumeria

    

12. Rauvolfia

    

13. Stephanotis

    

14. Tylophora

    

15. Vallaris

    

• Reported From: Kota Bundi
• Behaviour: Naturally grown
• Description:

  Stem twining, nodes swollen, whitish lenticels very common. Leaves 5-15 x 3-10 cm, ovate, base rounded to cordate, tip acute to acuminate, sparsely pubescent on the veins; petiole 1.2-5.5 cm long. Peduncle 2.5-6.0 cm long. Pedicels 1.2-3.8 cm long, puberulous. Bracts 7.5 mm long, lanceolate. Calyx divided nearly to the base, lobes 1.8-2.5 mm long, glabrous to pubescent. Corolla 6-6.5 mm long, cup-shaped, lobes c. 5 mm long, broadly ovate, obtuse. Follicles 7.5-10 x 1.7-3 cm, gradually tapering towards the blunt tip, longitudinally ribbed, minutely hairy. Seeds 1.2-1.3 cm long, broadly ovate, compressed margin broad, coma c. 3.7-4.4 cm long.
  Fl.&Fr.: July-feb.
  PC: Sonu kumar

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  Description: Inflorescence
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