Biology:Vincetoxicum bracteatum
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Short description: Species of plant
| Vincetoxicum bracteatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Vincetoxicum |
| Species: | V. bracteatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vincetoxicum bracteatum (Thunb.) Meve & Liede
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Vincetoxicum bracteatum, synonyms including Tylophora pauciflora, is a species of climbing plant in the family Apocynaceae.[1] It is commonly known as kiri aguna in Sri Lanka. It is edible and is used in traditional medicine.[2] It was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1821 as Cynanchum bracteatum.[3]
Ecology
Vincetoxicum bracteatum is the food plant for the larva of Parantica aglea.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vincetoxicum bracteatum (Thunb.) Meve & Liede", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77190193-1, retrieved 2023-03-06
- ↑ Starlin, Thangarajan; Saravana Prabha, Poochi; Thayakumar, Basanth Kumar Allen; Gopalakrishnan, Velliyur Kanniappan (15 June 2019). "Screening and GC-MS profiling of ethanolic extract of Tylophora pauciflora". Bioinformation 15 (6): 425–429. doi:10.6026/97320630015425. PMID 31312080.
- ↑ "Vincetoxicum bracteatum (Thunb.) Meve & Liede", The International Plant Names Index, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=77190193-1, retrieved 2023-03-06
Further reading
- Starlin, T.; Arul, R. C.; Ragavendran, P.; Gopalakrishnan, V. K. (2012). "Phytochemical screening, functional groups and element analysis of Tylophora pauciflora Wight and Arn.". International Research Journal of Pharmacy 3 (6): 180–183. https://www.irjponline.com/admin/php/uploads/1192_pdf.pdf.
- Tylophora pauciflora in Flora of India
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