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Ventilago madraspatana

Ventilago madraspatana
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Native range
India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China, Jawa to Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

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Ventilago madraspatana (Red Creeper) is a climbing shrub or liana which grows in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is native to India and China. The plant is used in traditional medicines for its anti-inflammatory as well as anticancer potential.

Other Ventilago plants

Ventilago denticulata · Ventilago ecorollata · Medicine Bark · Ventilago

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ventilago madraspatana 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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