V. denticulata has larger leaves with prominent veins. Stems usually striate and green. Large stems striate with red and black. It is found in deciduous forests and less in evergreen. It is a large liana.
V. maderaspatana stems dry blackish, leaves are smaller and often more acute at the apex. It is found more in evergreen forests and rarely in deciduous patches. It also can be a very large plant covering many trees. . Ventilago denticulata Willd. (China (W-Guangxi, SW-Guizhou, S-Yunnan), India (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Andaman Isl., Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, Thailand, Jammu & Kashmir, Myanmar [Burma], Laos, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life)
Ventilago gamblei Suess. (India (Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life) Ventilago madraspatana Gaertn. (China (S-Yunnan), India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka), Myanmar [Burma], Sri Lanka, Java, Indonesia, Malaysia as per Catalogue of Life) Species & genera pages of Ventilago (Rhamnaceae) : 1 post by 1 author. .
. Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):
Ventilago denticulata Willd. (400 m; Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), India, Burma, Indo-China, W. China) . Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China [Distribution other than China]:
Ventilago calyculata Tulasne [Bhutan, India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam] – accepted as per POWO
Ventilago leiocarpa Bentham [India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
Ventilago maderaspatana Gaertner [India, Indonesia (Java), Myanmar, Sri Lanka].
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