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Rosy Milkweed Vine
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Rosy Milkweed Vine
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Common name: Rosy Milkweed Vine • Assamese: বেঙেনা বুলিয়া লতা Bengena Bulia Lota, গংগামালা Gongamala • Bengali: দুধী Dudhi, দুধিয়ালতা Dudhiyalata, ক্ষীরাই Kshirai • Dogri: गुलाबी दोधल Gulabhi Dodhal • Gujarati: જલડોડી Jaldodi, જલદુધી Jaldudhi, નારોટ Narot • Hindi: दूधी Dudhi, दूधिया लता Dudhiya Lata, दुग्धिका Dugdhika, गर्भिणी Garbhini, पयस्या Payasya • Kannada: ದುಗ್ಧಿಕ Dugdhika, ಮೇಕೆ ಕೊಂಬು ಬಳ್ಳಿ Maeke Kombu Balli • Konkani: दुधाणी Dudhaani • Malayalam: കിണികിണിപ്പാല Kinikinippala • Marathi: दुधाणी Dudhaani, दुधारी Dudhaari, दुधतानी Dudhataani • Nepali: अनारसिङ्गे लहरो Anaarasinge Laharo • Odia: ଦୁଧିଆ ଲତା Dudhia Lata, ଦୁଧିଆ ମେଣ୍ଢି Dudhia Mendhi, ଦୁଗ୍ଧିକା Dugdhika, ସେବକାଳୁ Sebakalu, ଉତ୍ତମା Uttama • Punjabi: ਗਨੀ Gani, ਘਰੋਟ Gharot • Sanskrit: दुग्धिका Dugdhika, क्षीरिणी Kshirini, उत्तम Uttama, उत्तमफलिनी Uttamaphalini, युग्मफलोत्तम Yugmaphalottama • Tamil: ஊசிப்பாலை Uci-P-Palai, உத்தமை Uttamai • Telugu: చిరుపాల Chirupala, దూది పాల Dudipala, నేల పాల Nelapala, పాలకూర Pala-Kura, పిన్న పాల Pinnapala, సేప Sepa • Urdu: ددهي Duddhi, دگدهکا Dugdhika, گربهني Garbhini, پيسيا Payasya Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Oxystelma esculentum    Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Asclepias rosea, Oxystelma wallichii, Oxystelma alpini
Rosy Milkweed Vine is a perennial creeper, which becomes 1-2 m long. It has fibrous roots emerging from the lower nodes of the stem. Numerous slender, twinning stems are branched. Oppositely arranged linear-lancelike leaves, with rounded base, are 4-10 cm long. White-purple handsome flowers occur in raceme-like cymes, 10-15 cm long. Flowers can sometimes be almost white. The drooping, 5-petalled, saucer shaped flowers are pink-purple veined. It has a corona of 5 erect lobes in the center. Lance-like seedpods are 3-6 cm long, and edible. The plant is a good source of famine food. Flowering: July-February.
Identification credit: Pravin Kawale Photographed in Alibag, Maharashtra and Pune.
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