Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vincetoxicum spirale (Forssk.) D.Z.Li [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aakari bel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambarvel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
amberbel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambervel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaakanaasaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kauathodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shvetkavali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanaveri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pentatropis spiralis (Forssk.) Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 9: 327 (1838).
Asclepias spiraliflora Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 6 (1812).
Asclepias spiralis Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 49 (1775).
Blyttia spiralis (Forssk.) D.V.Field & J.R.I.Wood Kew Bull. 38: 219 (1983).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pentatropis spiralis (Forssk.) Decne.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pentatropis spiralis (Forssk.) Dec’ne	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Pentatropis spiralis Decne.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Vincetoxicum spirale (Forssk.) D.Z.Li	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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