• 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) : Tylophora ovata (Lindl.) Hook. ex Steud.
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Sholaforest
• Flower, Fruit : May-February
• Collector(s) Name : M.C Lukose
• Collection Locality : Peermade, Idukki District, Kerala
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Kollam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills, Palani Hills (Dindigul district)
• Endemism : South India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; 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 mollissima. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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