• 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) : Vincetoxicum capparidifolium (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Grasslands
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 800m, on slopes, grasslands
• Flower, Fruit : May-January
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary (Theni district)
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Ravichandran V personal observation 2014 Aug; 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=Tylophora capparidifolia. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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