Botanical Name

Chonemorphafragrans

Family

Apocynaceae

Sanskrit

Moorva source

English name

Frangipani Vine, Wood vine

Hindi

Moorva/Garbhedaro

Kannada

Manjinaru

Origin

India

Habit

Climber

Habitat

Moist deciduous to semi- evergreen or evergreen forests

Plant Description

It is one of the powerful climbers, climbing to the tops of the tallest trees. Flowers are pure white with a yellow centre, and have a delicious rich fragrance emerge at the ned of each branches. Even without the flowers, the vine is eye-catching with large shiny leaves with prominent veins.The flowers deceptively resemble the Frangipani.

Distribution

South East Asia

Part used

Leaves, root, bark-stem.

Medicinal uses

Used in fever, jaundice, diabetes, skin diseases, diseases of eye.

Other uses

A fibre obtained from the bark is resistant to fresh and salt water and hence used to make nets.

Propagation

Seeds