Dregea volubilis, Green Wax flower, vine with follicle fruits in pairs, broadly lanceolate, turgid, seeds with silky hairs

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Dregea volubilis, Green Wax Flower, formerly Marsdenia volubilis, stout, hoary or mealy, woody vine with ovate to rounded leaves up to 15 cm long, flowers green about 1 cm across, in umbel-like cymes, follicles in pairs, broadly lanceolate, up to 10 cm long, turgid, velvety until mature, seeds are elliptic, concave, shining, sharp-edged crowned with white silky hairs. young shoots and leaves used as vegetable, leaves and roots used in medicine

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Size: 3693px × 2280px
Location: Rajouri Garden, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Photo credit: © Gurcharan Singh / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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