Cryptolepis sinensis – eFlora of India

May 23, 2014
Cryptolepis

Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 254 1919. (Syn: Aganosma edithae Hance (Unresolved); Cryptolepis edithae (Hance) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Maxim.; Cryptolepis elegans Wall. ex G.Don; Cryptolepis elegans var. ciliata Costantin; Cryptolepis laxiflora Blume; Cryptolepis pauciflora Wight; Emericia sinensis (G.Don) Roem. & Schult.; Pergularia sinensis Lour.; Periploca chinensis (Lour.) Spreng.; Streptocaulon chinense (Lour.) G. Don; Strophanthus divaricatus Wall. ex G.Don [Illegitimate]; Vallaris sinensis (Lour.) G.Don);

China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Cambodia, India
(C-, E-, NE- & S-India, tropical E-Himalaya, Darjeeling), Indonesia,
peninsular Malaysia, Andaman Isl., Myanmar [Burma] (Taninthayi), Bhutan, Sikkim,
Laos, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life;

Fwd: [efloraofindia:187875] Climber ID from Bangladesh SM11 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).

Habit: Climber (not spiny)

Habitat: Climbing on the plants of scrub jungle of a village

Flowering: May, flower whitish

Location: Tatulia, Panchagar Far north of Bangladesh

The one with flowers seems to be Cryptolepis elegans Wall. ex G.Don = Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr.

The one with stout prickly stem is Smilax sp.

Thanks. It is very rare in Bangladesh

I agree with … ids

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ID request : 4 posts by 3 authors.

ID PLEASE
DATE: 11.05.15
PLACE: BANDARBAN, BANGLADESH

This is possibly Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr., once we had from …

Thanks for your time and cooperation..

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Fwd: Climber DR1 : 5 posts by 1 author. Attachments (6)

Location Rajnagar Kumarghat Unakoti district Tripura\r\nSir\r\nKindly identify this

Pl. check comparative images at Apocynaceae

I suspect this to be Ichnocarpus frutescens

I do not think matches with images at Ichnocarpus frutescens

Pl. check with images at Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr. & the following:

http://tropical.theferns.info/image.php?id=Cryptolepis+sinensis

http://taibif.tw/zh/namecode/203344

References:

Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 GRIN Flora of China FOC illustration India Biodiversity Portal Wikipedia

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