- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vincetoxicum indicum (Burm.f.) Mabb.
- Common name : Panacea Twiner, Emetic Swallow-wort, Emetic swallow-wort, Indian ipecacuanha
- Vernacular name :
- Antamool, Jangli-pikran, Jangli pikvam (Hindi)
- Aadu muttada balli (Kannada)
- Nach-churuppan, Nanja-murich-chaan (Tamil)
- Verri pala, Kaka pala, Kukka pala, Telegapala, Poda pacchali, Vetti pala, Tellayadala, Tellavedivela, Neelatapiri (Telugu)
- Mendi, Mulini, Mendisag, Inturudia, Banka (Oria)
- Antrapachaka (Sanskrit)
- Vallippala (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Scrub and deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Often grows on thickets and bushes in plains to hills of scrub and deciduous forests up to 1000m. Plant extracts are used in native medicine.
- Flower, Fruit : May-December
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Dakshina Kannada district, Udupi district, Mysuru district, Bengaluru district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- World Distribution : India, Seychelles, Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Bangladesh
- 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
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983. (Based on Sankar Rao indication- synonimiesed)
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tylophora indica. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.
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