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Coscinium fenestratum
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coscinium fenestratum, or yellow vine as it is sometimes referred to in English, is a flowering woody climber, native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia. It is rare and critically endangered in many of its habitats.
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Coscinium fenestratum | |
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Illustration of plant parts from Coscinium fenestratum (1852). | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Menispermaceae |
Genus: | Coscinium |
Species: | C. fenestratum |
Binomial name | |
Coscinium fenestratum (Goetgh.) Colebr | |
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Coscinium fenestratum is a member of the family Menispermaceae and the genus Coscinium. The plant is known by many different names, such as:[3] Tree turmeric, False calumba, Colombo weed, Weni wel (වෙනිවැල්), Weniwelgeta (වෙනිවැල්ගැට) (in Sinhala), Daru Haridra (in Sanskrit), Mara Manjal (in Tamil and Malayalam),[4] Haem herb (in Thai),[5] Voer Romiet (in Khmer),[6] etc.