Vincetoxicum bracteatum explained

Vincetoxicum bracteatum, synonyms including Tylophora pauciflora, is a species of climbing plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is commonly known as kiri aguna in Sri Lanka. It is edible and is used in traditional medicine.^[1] It was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1821 as Cynanchum bracteatum.

Ecology

Vincetoxicum bracteatum is the food plant for the larva of Parantica aglea.

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 .
• Tylophora pauciflora in Flora of India

Notes and References

1. Starlin . Thangarajan . Saravana Prabha . Poochi . Thayakumar . Basanth Kumar Allen . Gopalakrishnan . Velliyur Kanniappan . Screening and GC-MS profiling of ethanolic extract of Tylophora pauciflora . Bioinformation . 15 June 2019 . 15 . 6 . 425–429 . 10.6026/97320630015425 . 31312080 . 6614127 .