- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Synonym(s) : Asclepias tinctoria (R.Br.) Roxb.; Pergularia tinctoria (R.Br.) Spreng.; Cynanchum tingens Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.; Marsdenia akkar Blanco; Marsdenia globifera Tsiang; Marsdenia monostachya Wall. ex Hook.f.; Marsdenia tagudinia Blanco; Marsdenia tinctoria var. brevis Costantin; Marsdenia tinctoria var. ryukyuensis Masam.; Marsdenia tinctoria var. tomentosa Masam. ex Tsiang & P.T.Li; Pergularia parviflora Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Marsdenia tinctoria R.Br.
- Habit : Climber
- Key identification features : Tall climbers; stems erect, stout, nearly glabrous; Leaves ovate or cordate, acuminate or caudate. Inflorescence dense, thyrsoid panicle; Flowers yellow; Follicles narrowed at base, tomentose.
- Flower, Fruit : May- October
- Distribution :
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Dibang valley, Kameng, Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Literature :
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 170
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Marsdenia tinctoria. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.
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