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SCFBio, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Medicinal Plant TaxID: 413272

Cryptolepis buchananii

Family: Apocynaceae • Common: Indian Sarsaparilla; Wax Leaved Climber; Wax-leaved climber
8 Compounds Bangladesh; Bhutan; China; East Himalaya; India; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; West Himalaya

Overview

Species Cryptolepis buchananii
Habit Climbing shrub
Habitat Moist and dry deciduous forests; Tropical dry deciduous forests; Tropical moist deciduous forests; also in the plains
Distribution (India)
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