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Small-Leaf Milkweed
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Small-Leaf Milkweed
ative Photo: S. Kasim
Common name: Small-Leaf Milkweed • Assamese: কাউৰীঠুতীয়া লতা Kauri Thutia Lata • Bengali: পঞ্চবৃতি লতা Panchabrti Lata • Gujarati: કૌવાડોડી Kauvadodi, શીંગ્રોટી Shingroti, સુડીયાવેલ Sudiyavel, સુરજવેલ Surajvel • Hindi: अम्बरवेल Ambarvel • Kachchhi: ધોધવલ Dhodhval, ધોધીઆલ Dhodhial • Kannada: ಉಪ್ಪಿಲಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Uppili Balli, ಕೊರಕಂಚಿ Korakanchi • Malayalam: പർപ്പരം Parpparam • Marathi: परपरम Parparam, शींग्रोटा Shingrota • Sanskrit: काकनासा Kakanasa, काकतुण्डफला Kakatundaphala, सुनासिका Sunasika, सूर्यवल्ली Suryavalli, शृङ्गारीति Shrngariti • Tamil: ஈர்கொல்லி Irkolli, உப்பிலி Uppili • Telugu: చేకుర్తితీగ Chekruti-Teeg, చేకుర్తితివ్వ Chekurthithivva, పొద పాల Poda Paala, పూల పాల Poola Paala Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Pentatropis capensis    Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Pentatropis microphylla, Asclepias microphylla, Cynanchum capense
Small-Leaf Milkweed is a twining perennial herb. Leaves are 1-3.5 cm long, 0.5-2.5 cm wide, broadly oblong or ovate elliptic. Tip is blunt with a sharp point, base rounded or heart-shaped. Leaf stalk is 4-7 mm long. Flowers clusters are carried on a short stalk up to 2 mm long. Flowers stalks are 1.2-13 cm long. Sepals are 1.5 mm long. Flower tube is almost divided to the base, petals 3.5-6 mm long. Corona lobes are 2-2.5 mm long. Follicles are 3.7-6.8 cm long. Seeds 6 x 3 mm, ovate, tip truncate slightly crenulate at the base. Small-Leaf Milkweed is found in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Flowering: July-December.
Identification credit: S. Kasim Photographed in Palladam, Tamil Nadu.
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