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Marsdenia roylei

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Wight

Common Names

• Dudhe Lahara (Nepali)
• Jogi Lahara (Nepali)
• Khorokse or Dhungmo Nyung (Nepal)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Jammu & Kashmir
• Himachal Pradesh
• Punjab
• Sikkim
• Uttar Pradesh - India
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan

Natural Habitats

• Shade
• forest
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• May-Oct (India) May-Jul (Nepal)

Fruiting Times

• May-Oct (India) Sep-Oct (Nepal)

Tomentose large twining shrub with branches & underside of leaves tomentose. Axillary many-flowered corymbose cymes of 6mm orange flowers, hairy corolla, tube to 2.5mm long with 5 pubescent fleshy lobes & 75mm hairy follicles.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Manandhar 2002
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• Kew
• JNBR
• Academia WWF Nepal