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Cynanchum pulchellum

Cynanchum pulchellum
Photo: John Lindley and Joseph Paxton, drawing by L. A. L. Constans, Public domain
Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) and Pen. Malaysia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cynanchum pulchellum is an Asian species of liana in the family Apocynaceae. Its known distribution includes: China (Guangxi), Thailand, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam. Before 2016, it was the type species of the genus Raphistemma.

Other Cynanchum plants

Cynanchum acidum · Stranglewort · Gulf coast swallow-wort · Holostemma Creeper · Cynanchum daltonii · Excelsior · Cynanchum gentryi · Cynanchum gracillimum · Cynanchum guehoi · Cynanchum haughtii · Cynanchum hooperianum · Honeyvine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cynanchum pulchellum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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