Brown-Flowered Ipecac
Tylophora fasciculata
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- April-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tylophora fasciculata
- Genus
- Tylophora
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Sri Lanka, India, Nepal
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, Assam, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Ladakh
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Brown-Flowered Ipecac itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Brown-Flowered Ipecac itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Brown-Flowered Ipecac
Brown-Flowered Ipecac (Tylophora fasciculata) belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 18 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Brown-Flowered Ipecac belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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