Erythropalum scandens

Tendrillate climbers. Leaves alternate, 11-15 x 7-10 cm, ovate to deltoid, apex acuminate, base truncate, 3-ribbed, glaucous below, membranous. Flowers in axillary peduncled cymes, drooping, pedicellate; sepals cupular, 5-toothed; petals 5, 6 x 2 mm, oblong, obtuse, yellow; stamens 5, filaments very short, staminodes hairy; disc surrounds the ovary, ovary 1-celled, 1-3 ovuled, style short, stigma 3-fid. Fruit ovoid, 8 x 6 mm, orange-red, glabrous; seed 1, bluish-black, aril red.

For ID 301009 ET – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 1 image.

The leaf shape and inflorescence type doesn’t match Diploclisia glaucescens. Could this be something else?
The link from Flowers of India

Date: March 2015
Place: Aralam WLS, Kerala
Habit: Climber
Habitat: Evergreen forest

Erythropalum scandens.

GKE 2 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Please identify this….

Was the photo taken in E. India ?

No, it was from kozhikode dt., kerala

It should be வாதவள்ளிக்கொடி.
As you might have noticed, the terms “valli” and “kodi” are synonymous, meaning “climber” or “twiner”!

Thank you very much, … Now that you told me about kodi, it strikes me !
In the description for this plant, the habit is described as tendriliate climber, thus a twining climber !
I could not find about vaatha, please help. May be the English name for this plant can be made from Tamil.

Sorry to have asked about vaatha !! It is one of the three doshas: Vata. Pitta, and Kapha.

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On much of searching, I think the nearest meanings of palum in context of the genus name are: stake or pale.
References: Worldnews (search for the word palum on the webpage) and the Wiktionary page of palus.
Wooden stakes / pales (palings) are normally seen used for building fences.
I am assuming that the dehisced segments of persistent calyx seen in Erythropalum scandens fruit allude to stakes. I hope so. Please validate.

Names of Plants in India :: Erythropalum scandens Blume : 2 posts by 2 authors.

Thanks, …,  for your efforts.

Erythropalum scandens :: Iruppu Falls, Coorg :: 12 NOV 19 : 1 post by 1 author. 1 image.
Iruppu Falls  Coorg
Date: November 12, 2019 … Altitude range: about 850 – 1,000 m (2,800 – 3,300 ft) asl
Erythropalum scandens  Blume

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386 ID wild climber (?): 12 high res. images.
Please ID wild climber (?). Specimen collected with in a moment while bus keeps side, Location: near Santhanpara, Idukki Dist., Kerala
Altitude: 3000fsl
Flower date: 12NOV2022, 02.15pm
Habitat: wild moisture roadside
Plant habit: climbing (?), branches, branchlets, hard stem, rough silverish bark, perennial
Height:
Leaves: alternate, elliptic, acute, simple glossy, wavy margins, size upto:12×5cm
Flower: axillary panicle racemose, 05 petals, diameter:08mm, green, lite fragrance
Fruit:
Seed:
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x

Asclepiadaceaea: Secamone species ???

Leaves alternate, so it may not be Apocynaceae !

I overlooked the arrangement of leaves.

Which family is closer to apocynaceae?

But flowers look close to Apocynaceae only. Is there any other option?

This plant is growing in Kerala – Tamil Nadu border.

Wikipedia :
Leaves and stems[edit]
Leaves are simple. They may appear one at a time (singly) with each occurrence on alternating sides of the stem (alternate),^[6] but usually occur in pairs (and rarely in whorls).^[1] When paired, they occur on opposite sides of the stem (opposite), with each pair occurring at an angle rotated 90° to the pair below it (decussate).
There is no stipule (a small leaf-like structure at the base of the leaf stem), or stipules are small and sometimes fingerlike.^[6]

The specimen branch is fully hanging downwards as same as to my last image before I collected it, so I think it is a climber.

identified as Erythropalum scandens, thank you very much

Yes, Great id.
Matches as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/28/erythropalum-scandens/

Initially I was thinking of it to be close to Tylophora appearance wise.

Tylophora sp. have latex, but my plant haven’t latex, I already checked,

Yes. I’d by … is correct.

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References:
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1 Flora of China  FOC illustration  India Biodiversity Portal  Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993)   Kammu Food  Parasitic Plant Connection – Olacaceae  Erythropalum scandens Herbarium