Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Alexitoxicon officinale St.-Lag.; Alexitoxicon vincetoxicum (L.) H.P.Fuchs; Antitoxicum officinale Pobed.; Asclepias toxicaria Salisb.; Asclepias vincetoxicum L.; Cynanchum vincetoxicum (L.) Pers.; Vincetoxicum officinale Moench
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik.
  • Common name : Swallow-Wort
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Open, dry habitats in varied situations from pine woodland to grassland and river banks; 2100 - 3650 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Inflorescence usually pedunculate, somewhat lax, with pedicels 5-10mm. Inner surface of corolla lobes glabrous or sparsely pubescent.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district, Manali
    • Ladakh : Ladakh
  • Native : Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Europe to West Siberia and North Turkey, North-West Africa, Himalaya
  • 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: 699
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vincetoxicum hirundinaria. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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