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Sarcostigma kleinii

Family: Icacinaceae (Icacin family)
Grows as: Climber
Native range: W. India, Indo-China to W. Malesia
Climate: wet tropical

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Sarcostigma kleinii is a large liana seen extensively in the Western Ghats. An oil is extracted from the seeds. This plant is used widely in Ayurveda.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sarcostigma kleinii 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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