Herbarium JCB

Sarcostemma intermedium Decaisne

Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(MILKWEED FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Apocynaceae
Species : Sarcostemma intermedium
Synonym : Cynanchum sarcomedium Meve & Liede
Basionym : Cynanchum intermedium ?. E.Br.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
Common name : East-Indian Globe Thistle
Collection Nos : FAP 39185; FAP 40077
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 21/03/2013; 11/09/2010
Collection Locality : Kalasamudram, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State
Endemism : Central and Peninsular India
Habitat : Foothills of Deciduous Forest
Habit : Climbing Shrub
Flower, Fruit : July-December
Native : India
Comments : Occasional in scrub jungles up to 1200 m on thickets. Medium-thick stems, small and acute corona lobes and an elongated style-head make this species readily distinguished from the other representatives of the Cynanchum viminale relationship in India. But since ?. E. Brown (1908) used the name Cynanchum intermedium for a leafy South African twiner (of an uncertain status), a replacement name for Sarcostemma intermedium in Cynanchum became necesssary, and the name Cynanchum sarcomedium has been proposed. (Meve & Liede, 2012)
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
World Distribution : India
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Ulrich Meve & Sigrid Liede-Schumann. Taxonomic dissolution of Sarcostemma (Apocynaceae:Asclepiadoideae). KEW BULLETIN VOL. 67: 751 - 758 (2012)
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Sarcostemma intermedium. Downloaded on 7 June 2025.