Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Asclepiadaceae | Genus: Tylophora | Species: Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Flower Color | Greenish | |
| Common Name | Indian Ipecac | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Panacea Twiner, Indian ipecacuahna, Indian Ipecac, Antamul | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Antamul | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | 500-900m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Fruit is a follicle, ovoid-lance shaped. |
| Habitat | Common along the wayside thickets, scrub jungles and wastelands | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India to South east Asia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia. | Bark Details | Greenish in colour and smooth in texture with hair. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Climber up to 20 m tall. Bark smooth. Leaves, opposite, simple, ovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, with a narrow tip, heart-shaped at base, thick, velvety beneath when young, smooth above. Flowers small, in 2 to 3-flowered fascicles in cymes in leaf axils. Calyx tube divided nearly to the base, densely hairy outside, sepal lance shaped. Carolla greenish- yellow or greenish-purple, with oblong pointy petals. Fruit a follicle, ovoid-lanceshaped. | Leaf Details | Leaves, opposite, simple, ovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, with a narrow tip, heart-shaped at base, thick, velvety beneath when young, smooth above. |
