Holostemma ada-kodien is a climbing plant has become quite rare due to excessive collection for its medicinal uses from its natural growing habitats. Now it is declared as an endangered species.
It is a climber which grows on surrounding shrubs or any other support by twining. Very attractive flowers are borne in clusters. The flowers resemble flowers of Calotropis but are more colouful. The central crown of the flower is edible. Flowers are pleasantly scented. The fruit contains many seeds having floss at one end. The seed dispersal is by wind. It is a host plant for Common Tiger butterfly caterpillars.
This climber can be propagated with stem cuttings, root cuttings and also with seeds. Its scientific name is Holostemma ada-kodien (Syn: Holostemma annulare) and it belongs to Asclepiadaceae family.
It is a climber which grows on surrounding shrubs or any other support by twining. Very attractive flowers are borne in clusters. The flowers resemble flowers of Calotropis but are more colouful. The central crown of the flower is edible. Flowers are pleasantly scented. The fruit contains many seeds having floss at one end. The seed dispersal is by wind. It is a host plant for Common Tiger butterfly caterpillars.
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