669 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Asteridae

► Order Gentianales

► Family Apocynaceae - Dogbane family

► Subfamily Apocynoideae

► Tribe Apocyneae

► Genus Chonemorpha

Synonyms

(=) Chonemorpha macrophylla (Roxb.) G. Don

(=) Echites macrophyllus Roxb.

Common names

Frangipani vine (English)

Wood vine (English)

 

Garbhedaro (India (Hindi))

Morala (India (Sanskrit))

Morata (India (Sanskrit))

Murva (India (Sanskrit))

Perumkurumpa (India (Tamil))

Chaga (India (Telugu))

Description

Large very fragrant cream white pinwheel-like salverform flower with a golden yellow o and a golden ray on each of the five separate pinwheel-like petals; borne in few-flowered clusters. A rampant vine with large hairy leaves.