Habit: A large climbing shrub, to 8m.
Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Asclepias asthmatica L. fil. |
synonym | Asclepias prolifera Rottler ex W. Ainslie |
synonym | Asclepias tunicata Hort. Calc. ex Hook. fil. |
synonym | Asclepias vomitoria (Lam.) Koen. ex Hook. fil. |
synonym | Cynanchum bracteatum Thunb. |
synonym | Cynanchum flavum Thunb. ex Hook. fil. |
synonym | Cynanchum ipecacuanha Willd. |
synonym | Cynanchum mucronatum Andr. |
synonym | Cynanchum tomentosum Lam. |
synonym | Cynanchum viridiflorum Sims |
synonym | Cynanchum vomitorium Lam. |
synonym | Diplolepis vomitoria (Lam.) Lindl. |
synonym | Gonolobus mucronatus Sweet |
synonym | Hoya planiflora Wall. ex Hook. fil. |
synonym | Marsdenia vomitoria (Lam.) Moon |
synonym | Sonninia menziesii Decne. |
synonym | Sonninia vomitoria (Lam.) Kostel. |
synonym | Tylophora asthmatica (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. |
synonym | Tylophora parviflora Wight |
synonym | Tylophora pubescens Wall. ex Hook. fil. |
synonym | Tylophora tomentosa G. Don |
synonym | Tylophora vomitoria (Lam.) Voigt |
synonym | Vincetoxicum pauciflorum Kuntze |
synonym | Vincetoxicum vomitorum (Lam.) Kuntze |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 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
Common on wayside thickets. Plains from the coast, 500-900m. India to South east Asia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia.
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Description
Common along the wayside thickets, scrub jungles and wastelands from plains to 800m. India, Sri Lanka to S.E.Asia.
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Bengal, Odisha, Peninsular India
Local Distribution
Barak Valley
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Homoeopathy
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
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
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2141 |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- 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
- 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
Foliicolous fungi on medicinal plants in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaUTILIZATION OF ETHNO-VETERINARY MEDICINAL PLANTS IN HASSAN DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA, INDIA
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Dr. G. M. Prashanth KumarPlant species composition on two rock outcrops from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaNo Data
🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Gentianales |
Family | Apocynaceae |
Genus | Tylophora |
Species | Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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