Biology:Vincetoxicum bracteatum

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Short description: Species of plant

Vincetoxicum bracteatum
Tylophora pauciflora.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Vincetoxicum
Species:
V. bracteatum
Binomial name
Vincetoxicum bracteatum
(Thunb.) Meve & Liede
Synonyms[1]
  • Tylophora parviflora Cynanchum bracteatum
  • Thunb. Thunb.
  • Wight, orth. var. Tylophora pauciflora
  • Tylophora membranifolia Wight & Arn.
  • Cynanchum flavens Thwaites
  • (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze, nom. illeg. Vincetoxicum pauciflorum

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]

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Further reading

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