Biology:Flagellaria indica
| Whip vine | |
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| Flagellaria indica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Flagellariaceae |
| Genus: | Flagellaria |
| Species: | F. indica
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| 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 (19⁄32 in) in diameter. Its leaves, without hairs, are 10 to 40 centimetres (4 to 16 in) long, and 5 to 20 millimetres (3⁄16 to 25⁄32 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 (25⁄128 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.
Inflorescence, irregularly branched. Stamens exserted.
Drupes are green at first.
Tendrils: the holding part
Southernmost limit of natural distribution Royal National Park, Australia
References
- ↑ "Flagellaria indica L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:366164-1.
- ↑ "Flagellaria indica 印度鞭藤 Flagellaria indica L." (in en). Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, NTU. https://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/species/626%20001%2001%200.
- "Flagellaria indica". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Flagellaria~indica. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- "Flagellaria indica L.". FloraBase Western Australia. Western Australia - Parks and Wildlife Service. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1055. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
Wikidata ☰ Q3336886 entry
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