Common name: Green Milkweed Creeper • Marathi: शॆंडवेल Shendvel, जाती Jati, मारवेल Marvel • Tamil: Perum kahamugan kodi • Malayalam: വട്ടു വല്ലീ Vattu valli • Kannada: Ghara hoovu gida
Botanical name: Cosmostigma racemosum Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family) Synonyms: Asclepias racemosa
Green Milkweed Creeper is a twining shrub with watery sap. Stem are hollow
within, sparsely hairy when young. Oppositely arranged leaves 7.5-11 x
3.5-5 cm, are broadly ovate, sharp tipped, with a rounded or heart-shaped
base. Leaf stalks are 1.5-3 cm long. Small greenish flowers occur incorymb-like or
raceme-like; peduncle 1.5-2.5 cm long. Sepals are 1.5 mm long, 5 in number.
Flowers flat, wheel-like, 8-10 mm across, with 5 petals and very short
tube. Petals are 4 mm long, ovate, yellowish-green with reddish-brown
speckles. Stamens 5; filaments united; anthers 2-celled; Carpels 2, free ;
style short, apex 5-angled. Flowering: July.
Medicinal uses: The leaves of this woody climber are used in
Indian traditional medicine to cure ulcerous sores.
Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé
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