• 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 tunicatum (Retz.) Alston
• Common name : White Milk Vine
• Vernacular name : Vellaippaal kodi, Aattumoolakodi (Tamil)
• Habit : Climber
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 800m in open deciduous forests.
• Flower, Fruit : October-February
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Salem district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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 tunicatum. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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