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Jewel Vine
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Jewel Vine
ative Photo: Dinesh Valke
Common name: Jewel Vine, Hog Creeper, Malay Jewelvine • Assamese: চোবাই চালি subai sali • Bengali: আমকুর্চি amakurchi, খোলালতা kholalata, মহাজনি লতা mahajani lata, নোয়ালতা noyalata • Hindi: गोंज gonj, तुपबेल tupbel • Kannada : ಚೀನಾ ಬಿಳಿಮರ china bilimara, ಹಂಡಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ handi balli, ಪುನಾಲಿ punali • Konkani: साळोरी salori • Malayalam: നോയൽവള്ളി noyalvalli, നൂല്‍വള്ളി nulvalli, പനിവള്ളി panivalli, പൊന്നാംവള്ളി ponnanvalli, പൂഞ്ഞാൽ punnal • Marathi: गरुडवेल garudvel, मोठा सिरिली mota sirili • Odia: ଧଳା କଟୀର ନଇ dhala katira nai • Tamil: அதிரல் atiral, கொடிப்புன்கு koti-p-punku, புளியங்கொடி puliyan-koti, புனலிக்கொடி punali-k-koti, தெகிள் tekil, வச்சிரபீசகம் vaccira-picakam • Telugu: చిరు తాళిబొద్దు chira talliboddu, గోళవింద golavinda, మైనపు తీగ mainapu tige, నల్లతీగ nallatiga, నల్ల చిరతాళతివ్వ nalla ciratalativva, శాఖల తీగ sakal tiga, శిరిసి బద్దు shirishi baddu, సిలి బద్దు sili baddu, వృతాళ బద్దుతీగ wratala baddutige • Tulu: ಎಲಿ ಬಳ್ಳು eli ballu, ಪಂಜಿ ಬಳ್ಳು panji ballu Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Derris scandens    Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Dalbergia scandens, Dalbergia timoriensis, Deguelia timoriensis
Jewel Vine is an evergreen climbing branched shrub having twining habit. It has a tap root system without aerial roots. Leaves are compound, alternate, leaf axis upto 19 cm long, solid, woody, green. Leaflets are elliptic-lancelike, entire, blunt, hairless. Inflorescence is a raceme of pea-like flowers, twice as long as the leaves. Flowers are pale rose colored. Th standard petal is 10-11 mm long. Fruit 2.5-7.5 cm long, 9-12 mm broad, narrowed at both ends, 1-4 seeded.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke Photographed at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra.
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