Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH421 : Tylophora fasciculata Thwaites

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -

Synonym : Vincetoxicum fasciculatum Kuntze.; Pentasachme fasciculatum (Buch.-Ham. ex Wight).;

Plant Common Name : Brown-Flowered Ipecac

Plant Family : Asclepiadaceae

Description : Erect or suberect, pubescent twiners. Leaves to 4 x 2 cm, ovate, acute, rounded at base; nerves 3 or 4 pairs, lowest pairs basal; young leaves pinkish; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers brownish, 4 x 4 mm, 3-8 together, in axillary peduncled cymes; pedicels 5-8 mm long; sepals linear, puberulus; corolla lobes 2.5 x 1 mm, elliptic, obtuse, pubescent within; gynostegium 1.5 x 1 mm; corona process ovoid. Follicle 4 x 1 cm, ellipsoidal, glabrous. Flowering: November-July.

Plant Location in Melghat : Tarubanda

Medicinal Use / Activity : The roots and leaves are emetic and purgative. A decoction of the root is said to be efficacious in extremely virulent types of fever. The leaves are pounded and used as an application to unhealthy ulcers and wounds to induce healthy granulation

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Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395 - https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Brown_Flowered%20Ipecac.html - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/260966

Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Gentianales
Family : Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed family
Genus : Tylophora
Species : Tylophora fasciculata Buch.-Ham.

Tylophora fasciculata Buch.-Ham.
Tylophora fasciculata Buch.-Ham.