- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
- Basionym : Periploca emetica Retz.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Secamone emetica (Retz.) R.Br. ex Schult.
- Vernacular name : Aangravalli, Sagadam, Aangaaravalli, Siru aattaankodi, Nilamarandaikkodi (Tamil); Vanthula teega, Palateega (Telugu)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Comments / notes : Often grows on foothills to 1000m
- Flower, Fruit : August-March
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Raja K.Swamy & Rajasri Ray
- Collection Date : 11/09/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0004
- Collection Locality : Alangayam R.F., Jawadhu Hills (TN)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Hassan district, Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Secamone emetica. Downloaded on 7 May 2024.
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