Few-Flowered Swallow-Wort
Tylophora pauciflora
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- June-August
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tylophora pauciflora
- Genus
- Tylophora
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Shola forest, Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- 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
- June-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Few-Flowered Swallow-Wort 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 Few-Flowered Swallow-Wort itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Few-Flowered Swallow-Wort
Few-Flowered Swallow-Wort (Tylophora pauciflora) belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 18 other states. It grows in shola forest, Dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to August.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Few-Flowered Swallow-Wort belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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