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Flagellaria indica
Also called Whip vine, Bush Cane, False Rattan, Hell Tail, Indian Bushcane
Flagellaria indica is a climbing plant found in many of the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, in India, Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, Polynesia, and Australia.
A strong climber, it grows often up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall, with thick cane-like stems exceeding 15 mm (0.6 in) in diameter. Its leaves, without hairs, are 10 to 40 centimetres (4 to 16 in) long, and 5 to 20 mm (0.2 to 0.8 in) wide, with a coiled apical tendril which 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, 5 millimetres (25⁄128 in) in diameter, usually with only one seed.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Flagellaria indica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
