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Taxonomy.
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to access the GRIN database record about the specific taxonomical hierarchy (Family, Genus etc.).CLASSIFICATION
TAXON
Marsdenia roylei
FAMILY
Apocynaceae Juss.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
OTHER FAMILY:
Asclepiadaceae
TRIBE
Asclepiadoideae
SUBTRIBE
Marsdenieae
GENUS
Marsdenia R. Br.
Taxon Note
Marsdenia roylei is the currently updated scientific name as per ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature). The correct name may not be updated or its acceptance pending in certain databases.
Synonymous GRIN Taxon
Marsdenia roylei is not listed in the GRIN database
Plant Description
Twining tomentose shurb, juice milky, woody branches with raised lenticels. Leaves 7.5-13.0 x 3.8-8.0 cm, ovate, base cordate, undulate margin, tip acuminate, pubescent on both the sides; petiole 3.8-5.0 cm. Flowers in axillary or interpetiolar compound cymes, peduncle c. 2.5 cm long, tomentose. Pedicels 25-5.0 mm long. Calyx c. 2.5 mm long, tomentose, lobes ovate or lanceolate. Corolla yellowish green to orange, 5.6 mm long, campanulate, divided more than half way down, lobes pubescent outside, villous within. Staminal column short. Stigma convex. Follicles 7.5 x 2.5 cm, solitary, straight, beaked, rugose, hairy. Seeds 0.6-13 cm long, brown, narrowly winged, coma 2.5 cm long.
Flowering: June-August.
