Apocynaceae FAMILY

Cynanchum annularium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cynanchum annularium is a vigorous climbing plant, woody at the base, with much-branched, twining stems up to 8 metres long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ] The plant is a commonly used medicinal herb in India, where it is gathered in quantity from the wild for local use and for trade[ 2020 Title Trade in Indian Medicinal Plants Publication Ethnobotany of India Vol 5., 321-345, 2018 Author D.K.Ved, S.Noorunnisa Begum, & K.Ravi Kumar Publisher Apple Academic Press; Oakville, Canada Year 2018 ISBN 978-1-77188-600-0 Description ]. It is also harvested from the wild for local use as a food and possibly also as a source of fibre,

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, south and southeast China,

HabitatBushland[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Moist forests; at elevations up to 1,800 metres[ 995 Title Indian Trees - an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated Publication Author Brandis D. Publisher Archibald Constable & Co Ltd; London Year 1906 ISBN Description Rather dated, but a fine work that still contains relevant information ].