Tylophora indica

• Botanical Name : Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) Merr.
• Synonyms : Cynanchum indicum Burm.f.
• Common Name : Indian Ipecac, Indian Ipecacuahna, Dam-ni-vel
• Plant Family : Asclepiadaceae
• Plant Form : Climbers
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra

About Tylophora indica Plant :

• Habit : A perennial, climbing undershrub with watery yellow sap.
• Leaves : Ovate-oblong, acute at tip rounded at base, glaucous and glabrous above, pale green and pubescent beneath, petiolate.
• Inflorescence : Umbellate cymes, pedunculate.
• Flowers :
  • Pedicellate, pedicels filiform, pubescent.
  • Corolla 1-1.5 cm across, yellowish-green with purple spots at the tips of lobes.
• Fruits : In pairs, lanceolate, tapering, coma 2.5 cm long.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : October onwards.
• Significance :
  • The leaves of the plant are chewed in early morning.
  • Whilst fasting and are very effective in the treatment of some kinds of asthma.