Pan India Bouquets

Tylophora tenerrima Wight

Family : Asclepiadaceae
(Milkweed Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
Synonym(s) : Homolostyles tenerrima Wall. ex Wight; Homostyles tenerrima Wall. ex Hook.f.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vincetoxicum tenerrimum (Wight) Kuntze
Common name : Tender Himalayan Ipecac
Habit : Climbing shurb
Habitat : Climber on shrubs in moist, broad-leaved forest; 1200 - 2100 m. altitude
Key identification features : Calyx distinctly ciliate; inflorescence branches sparsely pubescent; coronal scale with out-curved appendage
Flower, Fruit : May-July
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : North Pakistan to Himalaya and North India
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 tenerrima. Downloaded on 28 June 2022.