Apocynaceae FAMILY

Tylophora fasciculata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is used to poison rats and other vermin[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. There are cases recorded of people dying from ingestion of the root[ 615 Title Pharmacographia Indica Publication Author Dymock W.; Warden C.J.H.; Hooper D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Education Society's Press, Byculla; Mombai. Year 1890 ISBN Description Information on the principal plant medicines encountered in India in the 19th century. ].

Botanical Description

Tylophora fasciculata is a small, slender, much-branched undershrub or twining pubescent herb producing stems 30 - 90cm tall. The rhizome is 25 - 50mm in diameter[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a medicine and rat poison.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand.

HabitatThickets at elevations up to 1,250 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. Hills among grass and scrub[ 497 Title The Botany of Bihar and Orissa Publication Author Haines H.H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Adlard & Son & West Newman Ltd. London Year 1922 ISBN Description A flora, it gives many plant uses. The book can be downloaded from the Internet. ].