Dear Balkar Ji,
The plant is indeed *Pergularia daemia* (Forssk.) Chiov. in Result. Sc.
Miss. Stefanini Paoli Somal. Ital. 1:115. 1916. Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 73:20.
1970. (Synonym: *Daemia extensa* (Jacquin) Aiton f., Hort. Kew. ed. 2.2:76.
1811. Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:20. 1883; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bomb. reprint
ed. 2:219. 1958 / *Cynanchum extensum* Jacquin, Misc. 2:353. 1781-82.
/ *Asclepias
daemia* Forssk., F. Aegypt.-Arab. 51. 1775. ) from the family *
Asclepiadaceae.*
**
*Description: *Perennial twining herb, juice milky, branches with spreading
hairs. Leaves 5-15 x 3.8-9.5 cm, broadly ovate or suborbicular, base
cordate, tip acute to acuminate, glabrous or shortly pubescent above,
usually velvety pubescent below. Petiole 1.8-9 cm long. Flowers in lateral
cymes. Pedicel 1.8-3.5 cm long, pubescent. Bracts minute, lanceolate. Sepals
c. 2-3 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, generally hairy. Corolla greenish-yellow
or dull white, tube c.3.5 mm long, lobes c. 7 mm long, spreading,
ovate-oblong, pubescent. Outer corona membranous, truncate, inner corona
lobes 5-8 mm long, including the horns. Follicles 5-8 x 12-13 cm,
lanceolate, beaked, echinate, puberulous. Seeds c. 8 x 4 mm, ovate, tip
truncate, velvety pubescent. Coma 2.5-3.0 cm long.

This is a very common plant in and around Kolkata.

Regards
Tanay

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Devendra Bhardwaj <
[email protected]> wrote:

>  pergularia daemia.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Balkar Arya <[email protected]>
> *To:* indiantreepix <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wed, 31 March, 2010 6:49:35 AM
> *Subject:* [efloraofindia:31131] Herbaceous climber from Pardhana Panipat
>
> Dear Members
> a herbaceous climber from Pardhana Panipat for id pls
> my id is Dregea volubilis. But does not match  much with this species
> available on Flowersofindia as here in this case stem is hairy flowers are
> white to creamish
> any further clarification pls
>
> * *
>
> *Date/Time-*
>
> * *
>
> *27 March 2010*
>
> *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- *
>
> * *
>
> *Village Pardhana Panipat- Haryana*
>
> *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type*
>
> *wild*
>
> *Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb*
>
> *Herbaceous climber*
>
> *Height/Length- *
>
> * *
>
> *On small Acacia nilotica tree *
>
> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-*
>
> * *
>
> *Simple, cordate*
>
> *Inflorescence Type/ Size- *
>
> * *
>
> *Axillary  cymes*
>
> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts*
>
> *White, creamish*
>
> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- *
>
> * *
>
>
> Regards
> Balkar Singh
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