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Flagellaria indica

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Whip vine
Flagellaria indica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  1. ^ "Flagellaria indica L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  2. ^ "Flagellaria indica 印度鞭藤 Flagellaria indica L." Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, NTU. Retrieved 2022-09-04.