|
Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911(10): 418 418 1911. (Syn. Asclepias pallida Roxb. (Unresolved); Pergularia pallida (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.);
Telosma vine • Hindi: Surkilla • Telugu: Konda male-tige, Aalapala, Errumalle-tige;
As per efi thread :
Bengal Plants describes –
Twining sub shrubs; stem slender, densely pubescent. Leaves opposite, 7- 16 x 40-7 cm, ovate-oblong, apex shortly acuminate, base cordate, pubescent, densely on nerves; petiole 1-2,5 cm long, pubescent. Flowers lateral, many, in umbellate cymes, peduncle from between the petioles, 5-12 mm long; pedicels 1cm long, pubescent; bracts 2-6 x 1-1.5 mm, linear or linear-lanceolate, caducous. Calyx divided to the base; lobes ca. 7 x 3 mm, oblong, tip obtuse, densely pubescent without, glandular within. Corolla 1. 5 cm long, salver-shaped, pale cream-coloured; tube 1.5 mm long; lobes oblong, obtuse. Corona of 5, erect lobes arising from base of staminal column, free above, with subulate processes on inner face, exceeding the length of stylar apex; pollinia oblong; caudicle short. Carpels free, globular; stylar apex pentangular. Follicles 6-10 cm long, lanceolate, glabrous; seeds 7 mm long, ovate, falttened, strongly margined, glabrous, coma 2.5 cm long.
Flowering and fruiting: April-May
Scrub jungles
India and Myanmar
(From India Biodiversity Portal)
Flora of Haryana- Telosma cordata from the fields of Directorate of Wheat Research Karnal: Flora of Haryana- Telosma cordata from the fields of Directorate of Wheat Research Karnal
This climber was shot from the boundary of DWR fields. I waited for three days to see its flowers but they were not there. Then i plucked a branch with flowering bud and planted at my home . Flowers were there after a few days. I idfied this as Telosma cordata pls validate it was not having fragrance so more chances are for Telosma pallida Yes … this is surely Telosma pallida. Flora of Panipat: Telosma pallida from Madlouda Panipat: Flora of Panipat: Telosma pallida from Madlouda Panipat
date-19.8.12
place-Haripal,district-hooghly,West Bengal.
may be some Holostemma spp. thyrasiflora???? This might be Telosma sp. – http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=132420 Agree with …,Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib Syn: Asclepias pallida Roxb.; Pergularia pallida (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Telosma sp. from Hooghyl: 9 + 3 images. 11 posts by 4 authors.
Found this twiner in a shady place, under dense canopies of other trees, intertwined with other species like Smilax and Cayratia trifolia, hanging from an unknown tree.
But, my species –
So,
Species : Telosma sp., close to Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib
Habit & Habitat : wild slender twiner, under tree canopy, more than 15 feet high
Date : 4/7/12. 12.42 p.m.
Place : Garalgacha, Hooghly
It is indeed Telosoma cordata a fragrant flowering creeper the flowers of which are called as kodi sampangi in Tamil
I revisited this plant a couple of days ago, on the 18th, this month. The flowers are not fragrant, nor even the faintest way. I attach latest photos.
Please see the link on T.pallida, wherein … has posted the photographs (ID confirmed):
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!msg/indiantreepix/6SmkEdeOsTk/_9onzeT-ZogJ. The photographs of the leaves posted by you do not match with those. Therefore, please recheck for ID confirmation or otherwise.. I do not claim that my species is T. pallida, neither do i claim it is T. cordata. Please note, i have written in my post, these very words : “Species : Telosma sp., close to Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib“.
According to Flora of China (http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018714) and a pdf file available at, http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/pdf/PDF16/telosma.pdf, the leaf apex of Telosma pallida is acuminate, flowers are odorless or nearly so. If an image at http://www.biotik.org/india/defs/814_en.html correctly shows what an acuminate apex means, i think my species leaves have the same feature, and again it can be compared with – http://herbarium-images.googlecode.com/hg/specimen-represent-scans/3792-telosma-pallida.jpg,, maybe leaves of my second uploads also feature ovate-cordate and base deeply cordate, besides flowers are odorless.
Today once again i recorded some more pics of the same plant, from the same place. Hope these pics will help determine the ID of this species, be it T. pallida or T. cordata or some other. These flowers are never fragrant, as have been checked by some of my students also.
Average scaling of leaves and flowers :-
Also refer to discussions in other threads:
Unless one is healthy and free of bad habits of smoking and/or other form of addiction it is unlikely that the person would be capable of sensing mild fragrance of some plants. So, i asked two of my students to smell these flowers and tell me how they feel like.
The verdict (all of us) : these flowers do have faint/mild fragrant, but not always.
I think it is the same species as in my earlier upload at – https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/uzAxGUMAdfE/discussion
Species : Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib
H & H : wild twiner in roadside thicket
Date : 20/9/12, 1.05 p.m.
Place : Hooghly
Hooghly Today : Pergularia pallida Wight & Arn. (Bengal Plants) : Attachments (4). 1 post by 1 author. Bengal Plants describes –
Now, which character do we take to id this plant – 1) flower colour? 2) fragrance? 3) corolla lobes? 4) habitat (one is wild & one is in garden)?
You can check other characters in Flora of British India or Flora Indica, and of course our adorable FoC & FoP.
Here are some illustrations for you and me, who do not know botany or botanical terms –
This wild plant is same as in my earlier uploads –
It is very very interesting that one of the above two earlier uploads is placed under Telosma cordata and the other in Telosma pallida !!!
Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib from Kamrup district (Metro) : Attachments (7). 3 posts by 3 authors.
I hope that attached images are Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib [= Pergularia pallida Wight & Arn.] collected from Kamrup district (Metro). Please validate the sp.
Date :06.08.2013
Location: Kamrup district (Metro)
Family : Apocynaceae
Genus & species : Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib [= Pergularia pallida Wight & Arn.]
Habitat: Grows wild on fences .
Habit : Climber
I also think this looks like Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib.
Flora of Panipat 2013: Telosma pallida for validation : Attachments (5). 3 posts by 2 authors.
This vine was shot from near Panipat last week.. (9.19.13)
I hope this is Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib…. please validate..
Telosma pallida has been flowering in and around Mumbai too and is a refreshingly beautiful vine in new leaf. Have attached a photograph of the baby leaves clicked in an adivasi hamlet in Dahanu during the weekend. (10.9.13) Thanks … for your response and nice picture.. wanted to have expert view on the id… Regarding urgent need of Pergularia pallida (powders of fruit, root, flower) : 1 post by 1 author. I need Pergularia pallida (Telosma pallida) powders of root, fruit and flowers.
Can anyone please tell me how can I get this powder ?
Plant from Virat nagar Forest Jaipur For ID(ID-DKB184) It is a climber on P.juliflora Photo Taken on-26.8.2009 Fragrant Telosma (Telosma cordata)
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fragrant%20Telosma.html Telosma pallida, the one I uploaded few days back. Is it Telosma pallida or Telosma cordata? …, any idea if the flowers were fragrant? I believe, Telosma pallida flowers are scentless.
I can’t say But I will visit again to note this Thing.
yours seems to be T. cordata, mine T. pallida. thanks for pointing out FOP treats Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib as a syn. of Telosma cordata (Burm. f.) Merrill
As per FOC:
To me the post matches with the images of Telosma pallida
ID request 12092016PC1 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)
Kindly identify this creeper, probably a species of Jasminum, growing wild in JNU campus, Delhi. It is flowering now.
Telosma pallida
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Telosma%20Vine.html Where exactly in JNU campus …? I want to have a look at it again.
I had photographed it from Old Delhi Ridge Yes …, I had seen your post. I had also seen it in Delhi. However, I want to have a closer look at this plant again. That is why I wanted to know where exactly it is flowering.
It is on the left side of the main road entering JNU from North gate, just before either the first left turn toward type VI quarters or the left turn in front of Kamal complex market. Thank you …
ID Request-PKA1- July2017 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)
I had seen this climber at the outskirts of Nagpur.
Kindly suggest ID.. Pl. check comparative images at Apocyanaceae page in efi site. Your plant is Telosma pallida,
Kindly identify this wild vine with white flowers and heart-shaped leaves photographed in June 2018 at a farm near Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh.
Telosma pallida (Roxb.) W. G. Craib [Apocynaceae].
Shall be grateful if you will identify the plant.
Seems to Telosma sp. Could be T. pallida. Apocynaceae. I also feel closer to Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib as per keys and comparative images at Telosma ID PLZ. Reported from Haridwar; climber with white flowers. : 5 posts by 5 authors. 2 images.
Cynanchum sp.
Apocynaceae,
Please also check for Telosma pallida (=Pergularia pallida) of Apocynaceae.
Telosma species. But need to check the leaves for the proper ID at the species level. Please post the leaves photos which are clear.
Thanks, …, for the id.
To me also appears close to images at Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib
SD021 21-07-20 Plant ID support : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)- around 550 kb each.
I posted wrong image of flower in my last post. Kindly ignore that. Here is the correct image.
Climber ID, found in Mangar village, Haryana. Elevation 230-270 m
Apocyanceae ?? Echites species ??? Not sure. It is Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib As per link, Telosma pallida is also known as Pergularia pallida.. And there’s another plant I’ve seen a lot here called Pergularia daemia. Is Pergularia daemia different from Telosma pallida?
Yes, different as per images and details at Pergularia daemia
References:
The Plant List GRIN Flora of Pakistan (Telosma |
Disclaimer
1. For any mistake in identification or for becoming efloraofindia e-group member (for contributing towards building of efloraofindia or otherwise), pl. mail to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com or itpmods@googlegroups.com
2. For better viewing of species’ pages, colour scheme & formatting is being followed as: Description of the species, Details of other flora species on the same page, Uses/ harms, Distribution, Abundance/ Location/ Flowering time & date, Habit & habitat, Etymology & pronunciation, Other interesting information, stories etc., Others, Botanical names, Common names, Main point of discussion below, Discussion about Botanical names.
Navigation
- Award for eFloraofIndia
- Colour scheme & formatting
- Copyrights, Permissions, Citations
- eFloraofIndia appreciated
- Names of Plants in India site
- Flowersofindia site
- Posting Guidelines
- For members’ information
- Logo, Tagline, Acronym
- Volunteers required
- ‘Pitamah’ of eFloraofIndia
- ‘अजेय’ ‘Ajey’ of eFloraofIndia
- ‘Saarthi’ ‘सारथि’ of eFloraofIndia
- ‘Jewel’ of eFloraofIndia
- ‘Grassman’ of eFloraofIndia
Follow us
