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Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.

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Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAsclepias asthmatica L. fil.
synonymAsclepias prolifera Rottler ex W. Ainslie
synonymAsclepias tunicata Hort. Calc. ex Hook. fil.
synonymAsclepias vomitoria (Lam.) Koen. ex Hook. fil.
synonymCynanchum bracteatum Thunb.
synonymCynanchum flavum Thunb. ex Hook. fil.
synonymCynanchum ipecacuanha Willd.
synonymCynanchum mucronatum Andr.
synonymCynanchum tomentosum Lam.
synonymCynanchum viridiflorum Sims
synonymCynanchum vomitorium Lam.
synonymDiplolepis vomitoria (Lam.) Lindl.
synonymGonolobus mucronatus Sweet
synonymHoya planiflora Wall. ex Hook. fil.
synonymMarsdenia vomitoria (Lam.) Moon
synonymSonninia menziesii Decne.
synonymSonninia vomitoria (Lam.) Kostel.
synonymTylophora asthmatica (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
synonymTylophora parviflora Wight
synonymTylophora pubescens Wall. ex Hook. fil.
synonymTylophora tomentosa G. Don
synonymTylophora vomitoria (Lam.) Voigt
synonymVincetoxicum pauciflorum Kuntze
synonymVincetoxicum vomitorum (Lam.) Kuntze
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Anantamul
  • অংতমূল Antamul
Bengali
  • অংতমূল Antamul
English
  • Indian Sarsaparilla
  • Panacea Twiner
Hin
  • Antamul
Hindi
  • Antamul
  • Jangli Pikvam
  • अंतमूल Antamul
Irula
  • Kurinja
Kannada
  • Aadumuttada Gida
  • Adumutadhagida
  • Antamula
  • Nipaladaberu
Malayalam
  • Nansjera-patsja
  • Vallipaala
  • Vallippala
Marathi
  • 'bedki' 'बेडकी'
  • Khadari
  • Pitthakaadi
  • Pitthamaari
  • Pitvel
Oriya
  • Mendi
  • Mulini
Other
  • Indian Ipecac
  • Indian Ipecacuahna
  • Kirumagali
  • Snake Gourd
Sanskrit
  • Arkaparni
  • Lataksiri
  • Shwasaghni
Tamil
  • Naippalai
  • Nancaruppan
  • Nangilaippiraptai
  • Nangilaippirattai
  • Paalaaikeerai
  • Paalai Keerai
Telugu
  • Kakapala
  • Tellayadala
  • Verripala
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
Description
Habit: A large climbing shrub, to 8m.
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    📚 Natural History
    Morphology
    Flower

    In axillary umbels, compound; greenish-yellow outside, purple inside. Flowering from February-April and July-October.

    Fruit

    A cylindric follicle, acute at both ends; seeds many, ovate, flat, coma silky white. Fruiting throughout the year.

    Field tips

    Leaves glossy. Latex watery.

    Leaf Arrangement

    Opposite-decussate

    Leaf Type

    Simple

    Leaf Shape

    Cordiform, Oblong-lanceolate

    Leaf Apex

    Acute-obtusely mucronate

    Leaf Base

    Truncate-cordate

    Leaf Margin

    Entire

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      Miscellaneous Details
      Food plant of Glassy Tiger butterfly. Used in traditional medicine.
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        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        General Habitat
        Forest thickets
        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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          Common on wayside thickets. Plains from the coast, 500-900m. India to South east Asia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia.
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            Description
            Global Distribution

            India: Assam, Bengal, Odisha, Peninsular India

            Local Distribution

            Barak Valley

            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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              Common along the wayside thickets, scrub jungles and wastelands from plains to 800m. India, Sri Lanka to S.E.Asia.
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                📚 Occurrence
                No Data
                📚 Uses and Management
                Uses

                System of Medicines Used In

                Homoeopathy
                Homoeopathy
                Ayurveda
                Ayurveda
                Folk medicine
                Folk medicine
                Siddha
                Siddha
                A tea is made from the tuber, which acts as a cleaning agent for the intestines.
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                  System Of Medicines Used In

                  Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Homoeopathy, Folk medicine, Siddha

                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2141
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                    Folklore
                    Indigenous Information: The leaves are crushed with water and given orally to cure asthma.
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                      📚 Information Listing
                      References
                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2141
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2141

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                      📚 Meta data
                      No Data
                      🐾 Taxonomy
                      RootRoot
                      KingdomPlantae
                      PhylumTracheophyta
                      ClassMagnoliopsida
                      OrderGentianales
                      FamilyApocynaceae
                      GenusTylophora
                      SpeciesTylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
                      📊 Temporal Distribution
                      📷 Related Observations
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