Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) Merr.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Apocynaceae
  • Species : Tylophora indica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
  • Common name : Panacea Twiner, Emetic Swallow-wort
  • Vernacular name : Aadu muttada balli (Kan.); Antrapachaka (San.); Antamool (Hin.)
  • Collection Nos : Stevens 489, Stevens 577, CJS 8771, CJS 10602
  • Key identification features : Twiners with watery sap. Leaves are simple, opposite, elliptic to ovate, base rounded to cordate. Inflorescence is a compound umbellate lateral cyme. Calyx lobes spreading. Corolla greenish-yellow outside and purplish inside. Fruit is a cylindrical follicle.
  • Habit : Climbing Shrub
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Commonly seen in dry areas and occasionally on the bushes.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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