Common name
English: Supplejack Vine, Whip Vine
German: Indisches Peitschenblatt
Mandarin: 须叶藤 (xu ye teng)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Poales (5)
Family: Flagellariaceae (2)(family description)
Genus: Flagellaria (2)
Epithet: indica L. (15)
Synonyms: Flagellaria catenata Lour. ex B.A.Gomes, Flagellaria loureiroi Steud., Flagellaria minor Blume, Flagellaria philippinensis Elmer
catenata => chained
indica => from or referring in some way to India
loureiroi => in honor of João de Loureiro (1717-1791), Portuguese Jesuit missionary and botanist
minor => smaller, lesser
philippinensis => from the Philippines
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: liana
Flower colour: white