• 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) : Cynanchum callialatum Buch.-Ham. ex Wight
• Vernacular name : Kalialata (Hindi); Kurvari, Sarpakatanagada (Oria)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills up to 900m
• Flower, Fruit : October-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Bargarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Dindigul district
• World Distribution : India, Myanmar
• 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=Cynanchum callialatum. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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