Cynanchum auriculatum Royle ex Wight

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cynanchum auriculatum var. sinense T.Yamaz.; Cynanchum saccatum W.T.Wang; Diploglossum auriculatum (Royle ex Wight) Meisn.; Endotropis auriculata (Royle ex Wight) Decne.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vincetoxicum auriculatum (Royle ex Wight) Kuntze
  • Common name : Heart-Leaf Swallow-Wort
  • Vernacular name :
    • Latikoseli (Nepali)
  • Habit : Twining herb
  • Habitat : In temperate areas, climbing in hedgerows, over bushes and shrubs, 900 -3600 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Bushland on mountain slopes.
  • Key identification features : Corolla lobes pubescent within; corolline coronal scales deeply lobed and with an inner appendage; fruits without soft spines
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : North-East Pakistan to South Central China
  • 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: 698
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cynanchum auriculatum. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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