Biology:Flagellaria indica

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Whip vine
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Flagellaria indica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Flagellariaceae
Genus: Flagellaria
Species:
F. indica
Binomial name
Flagellaria indica

Flagellaria indica is a climbing plant found in many of the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, India , Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, Polynesia, and Australia .[1]

A strong climber, it grows often up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall, with thick cane-like stems exceeding 15 millimetres (1932 in) in diameter. Its leaves, without hairs, are 10 to 40 centimetres (4 to 16 in) long, and 5 to 20 millimetres (316 to 2532 in) wide. A coiled apex of the leaf forms the holding part of the climbing plant. Fragrant white flowers form in panicles, 10 to 25 centimetres (4 to 10 in) long. The fruit is inedible. The globose drupes are red when mature,[2] 5 millimetres (25128 in) in diameter, usually with only one seed.

Because of its wide distribution, many local common names are used, such as whip vine, hell tail, supplejack, false rattan, and bush cane.


References

Wikidata ☰ Q3336886 entry