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Coral Vine

Antigonon leptopus

Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Antigonon leptopus
Family
Polygonaceae, order Caryophyllales
Group
Plant

A pink-flowered climber that hums with bees.

  • Spot it Heart-shaped leaves and pink sprays ending in curling tendrils.
  • Home Fences, walls and garden edges.
  • Food web Nectar and pollen feed bees and butterflies.
  • Why it matters Gives bees and butterflies nectar for much of the year, boosting pollination in gardens and dry places.

Read more: Antigonon leptopus on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 2 verified records of this species on iNaturalist in 2025, in Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  4. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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