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Family: Periplocaceae	Genus: Cryptolepis	Species: Cryptolepis dubia (Burm.f.) M.R.Almeida

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cryptolepis buchananii Roem. & Schult., Cryptolepis reticulata (Roth) Wall. Ex Steud., Nerium reticulatum Roxb.	Flower Color	Yellow - Orange
Common Name	Karanta, Kala Bel	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Wax Leaved Climber	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Dudhi	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 1200 m	Fruit Type	Follicle
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Follicles 2, woody, c. 7 cm long. Seeds flat, with silky coma
Habitat	Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar To South And West China,Pakistan	Bark Details	Bark purplish-red, peeling off in papery flakes. latex white
Distribution in chandigarh	Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Large twining gabrous shrub with copious milky juice. Bark brown on old stems. Leaves oblong or elliptic, 7-15 ×3.7-6.2 cm, obtuse rounded, often apiculate at apex, glabrous, shining above, pale-glaucous beneath, secondary nerves numerous, slender, nearly parallel, united in an intramarginal ring, base rounded or subacute. Petiole 7.5-15 mm long. Flowers yellow, 1.8 cm across, in lax, often panicled cymes with opposite, divaricate, fleshy branches, constricted at the nodes, cymes usually 2.5-5 cm long and broad. Pedicels 3 mm long. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, 2.5 Mm. Corolla-tube 2.5-3 mm. lobes linear, linear-lanceolate, 7.5mm. Coronal scales clavete, fleshy. Pollinia very minute, linear. follicles poniard- shaped, 5-10 cm long, 1.2-1.8 cm diam in the middle	Leaf Details	Leaves 5-10 × 2-4.5 cm, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, base acute or cuneate, apex obtuse or apiculate. Glabrous and glossy. Lateral nerves 10-15 pairs, horizontally parallel. petiole to 1 cm long

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