Flagellaria indica
Whip Vine | |
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Flagellaria indica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Flagellariaceae |
Genus: | Flagellaria |
Species: | F. indica |
Binomial name | |
Flagellaria indica L. | |
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.
A strong climber, it grows often up to 15 m tall, with thick cane-like stems exceeding 15 mm in diameter. Its leaves, without hairs, are 10 to 40 cm long, and 5 to 20 mm wide. A coiled apex of the leaf forms the holding part of the climbing plant. Fragrant white flowers form in panicles, 10 to 25 cm long. The fruit is an inedible, greenish-red drupe, 5 mm 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.
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Flagellaria indica at its southernmost limit of natural distribution Royal National Park, Australia
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References
- "Flagellaria indica". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- *Florabase (western Australia)
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