WorldFloraDB - Telosma pallida

Characteristics

Stems slender, to 3 m, puberulent. Petiole 2.5-3.5 cm; leaf blade ovate-cordate, 6-8 × 3-5 cm, membranous, glabrous, base deeply cordate, apex acuminate; basal veins 5, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs. Cymes extra-axillary, umbel-like; peduncle 0.7-1.5 cm. Pedicel 5-12 mm. Flowers odorless or nearly so. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla yellow-white; tube nearly as long as or shorter than lobes, throat villous; lobes lanceolate, glabrous. Corona lobes fleshy, apex acuminate, longer than anther appendages; pollinia oblong, erect. Stigma head conical, apex retuse. Follicles cylindric-lanceolate, 5.5-10 cm. Seeds ovate, 5-8 mm; coma ca. 2.5 cm. Fl. Aug, fr. Oct-Dec. 2n = 22.

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A twining shrub. The bark is pale brown. It is somewhat corky. The leaves have stalks. They are 4-9.5 cm long by 1-2.5 cm wide. They are sword shaped to heart shaped. They taper to the tip. They are dull dark green above and pale underneath. The flowers are yellow. They occur in umbrella shaped arrangements. The fruit is a many seeded dry fruit. It is long and has wrinkles along it. It tapers to a blunt point.

Life form

perennial

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Growth support

climber

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Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Root system

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Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In Nepal it grows between 300-900 m altitude. It grows in moist, open places. It climbs on shrubby hedges.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The flowers are fried and eaten as a vegetable. The fruit are eaten.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	flowers fruits
Therapeutic use	Common cold (whole plant), Cough (whole plant)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown by seed.

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:102161-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001103974
COL ID	558W4
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pergularia montana Pergularia coromandeliana Telosma pallida Pergularia pallida Asclepias pallida

WorldFloraDB 2024

Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Telosma