Bark
Brown-grey, rough with milky latex
Chonemorpha fragrans
Syn. Chonemorpha macrophylla
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
(NE)
Local name
- Frangipani vine (English)
- Moorva (Hindi)
Climber type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Apocynaceae
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Simple, opposite, broadly ovate-elliptic, 15 - 30 cm, softly hairy beneath
Flower
Ornamental, Fragrant, Large, white with yellow throat, fragrant, funnel-shaped, in terminal cymes
Fruit / Seeds
Paired long cylindrical follicles; flat seeds with silky tuft of hairs
Did you know?
The corolla is up to about 10 cm across and fades from white with a yellow throat to pale yellow; the paired follicles reach about 30 cm and carry seeds with a 4.5 cm silky coma.
Distribution
India (Western Ghats, Himalayan foothills, north-east), Sri Lanka and SE Asia