• Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
  (Milkweed Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cosmostigma cordatum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida
• Vernacular name : Gharahuvoo (Kannada); Perum kahamugan kodi, Karutthankanni (Tamil); Adavi tamalapaaku (Telugu); Vattuvalli, Vattolam (Malayalam)
• Habit : Liana
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests, scrub jungles and sacred groves
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 750m,along forest border and wayside by thickets
• Flower, Fruit : April-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Keonjhar district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cosmostigma racemosum. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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