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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MC041 : Porana racemosa Roxb.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Solanales
Family : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family
Genus : Porana
Species : Porana racemosa Roxb.
Plant Location in Melghat : Vairat  
Plant Category : Climbers  
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Plant Family : Convolvulaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Malabar Snow Creeper; Bhowari; Turopatai-kuntal; Snow Creeper, papre lahara,
 
Synonym : Porana malabarica C.B.Cl.
Poranopsis paniculata (Roxb.)
Porana cordifolia
Dinetus racemosus
Description : A spreading climber. Flowers small white. Capsules enclosed by a persistent Calyx. Surprisingly rarely seen is this most attractive, lofty climber with white flowers, borne in long slender branched clusters resembling dazzling pathches of snow in the jungle. Flowers are small, about 0.8-1.3 cm long, with somewhat rounded petals forming half the flower length. Petals are up to 1.2 cm long, spreading. Sepals are oblong, hairy, 2 mm, enlarging and papery in fruit up to 1.2 cm. Leaves are heart-shaped, pointed, 3-8 cm long. Slender leaf-stalks are 1-8 cm. Bracts are heart-shaped, stem-clasping. Snow Creeper is found in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Bhutan, China and SE Asia, at altitudes of 100-2400 m. Flowering: August-October.
 
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Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :