Pan India Bouquets

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
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
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
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Tylophora hirsuta. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.

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