• Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
  (Milkweed Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Poovanna (Kannada); Ingudi (Sanskrit)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
• Comments / notes : On hills above 900m
• Flower, Fruit : November-July
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Alappuzha district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Occasional hills above 900m
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.1. Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Toxocarpus kleinii. Downloaded on 18 May 2024.

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