Tylophora hirsuta (Wall.) Wight

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Diplolepis apiculata Lindl.; Diplolepis ovata Lindl.; Gymnema hirsutum Wall.; Tylophora atrofolliculata F.P.Metcalf; Tylophora hispida Decne.; Tylophora jacquemontii Decne.; Tylophora ovata (Lindl.) Hook. ex Steud.; Tylophora ovata var. lanyuensis (Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu) S.S.Ying; Tylophora panzhutenga Z.Y.Zhu; Tylophora pilosissima Bakh.f.; Vincetoxicum hispidum (Decne.) Kuntze; Vincetoxicum lindleyi A.Kidyoo; Vincetoxicum mollissimum (Wall. ex Wight) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vincetoxicum hirsutum (Wall.) Kuntze
  • Common name : Hairy Ipecac
  • Habit : Climbing shurb
  • Habitat : Terai forest; 200 - 1000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Flowers yellow to yellow-brown; usually 1-2 umbels per inflorescence; leaves usually more than 5cm long
  • Flower, Fruit : April-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Peninsula Malaysia, West Jawa
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 174
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 728
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 174-175
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tylophora hirsuta. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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