Oxystelma esculentum

The species has a wide distribution from northeastern Africa to southwestern Asia. The species is recorded from Egypt, east through Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan) and south through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula to Indonesia.
The species grows in marshy areas, on the margins of open water in swamps, ponds and lakes, often rooting in the water and scrambling over emergent vegetation.
(From IUCN Red List (LC) )
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Oxystelma esculentum:
Oxystelma esculentum from Panipat Thermal power station

I have yet to see this in Delhi. Hope to catch it soom.

in Panipat it is growing abundantly, but only in patches along with the distributries of Western Yamuna Canal. So appear to be brought by water channel in our area from somewhere else

More Pics of the plant from same area

With fruits from Karnal GT Road area

311011PD004 Oxystelma esculentum Flora of Orissa:
sharing the photograph of another very very important medicinal plant which i had taken from Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa

Interesting! Forwarding it to my seniors who have worked on the flora of Dibru Saikhowa!

This should be Oxystelma sp. (Apocyanaceae) and most probably O. esculentum….

FRom hyderbad 20032013CS6 : 1 image. 6 posts by 4 authors.

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11042013 BRS 473 : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors.

Oxystelma esculentum … જળદૂધી [Jaladudhi] in Gujarati. A useful ethnomedicinal plant.

Supporting …

Oxystelma esculentum :
Please find attached flowering Oxystelma esculentum ASCLEPIADACEAE slender twiner in DADADALLI tank, Mysore, Karnataka on 11/05/2013

Flora of Panipat 2013:: Oxystelma esculentum :  Attachments (6). 9 posts by 9 authors.

Oxystelma esculentum
Mar.name :Dudhani
Today (28.10.13) at Alibag, Maharashtra

Thanks … elegant pics..

Please check for Oxystelma esculentum (Apocynaceae).
O.esculentum in eFI. and eFP.

Thanks, … Matches with images at Oxystelma esculentum

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May be Oxystelma secamone

thanks, … for the prompt reply and help with identification

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अनारसिङ्गे लहरो  Anaarasinge Laharo

   
oks-see-STEL-ma — Greek: oxys (sharp); stelma (girdle); in reference to the sharp segments of the corona … Dave’s Botanary
es-kew-LEN-tum — edible … Dave’s Botanary
commonly known as: needle-leaved swallow-wort, rosy milkweed vine • Assamese: বেঙেনা বুলিয়া লতা bengena bulia lota, গংগামালা Gongamala • Bengali: দুধী dudhi, দুধিয়ালতা dudhiyalata, ক্ষীরাই kshirai • Gujarati: જલડોડી jaldodi, જલદુધી jaldudhi, નારોટ narot • Hindi: दूधी dudhi, दुग्धिका dugdhika, दूधिया लता dudhiya lata • Kannada: ದುಗ್ಧಿಕ dugdhika, ಮೇಕೆ ಕೊಂಬು ಬಳ್ಳಿ maeke kombu balli • Malayalam: കിണികിണിപ്പാല kinikinippala • Marathi: दुधाणी dudhani • Nepali: अनारसिङ्गे लहरो anarsinge laharo • Odia: ଦୁଧିଆ ମେଣ୍ଢି dudhia mendhi, ଉତ୍ତମା uttama • Punjabi: ਗਨੀ gani, ਘਰੋਟ gharot • Sanskrit: दुग्धिका dugdhika, क्षीरिणी kshirini, उत्तम uttama, उत्तमफलिनी uttamaphalini, युग्मफलोत्तम yugmaphalottama • Tamil: ஊசிப்பாலை uci-p-palai, உத்தமை uttamai • Telugu: పాల pala
botanical names: Oxystelma esculentum (Roxb.) R.Br. … synonyms: Asclepias rosea Roxb. • Marsdenia brockmaniana W.Fitzg. • Oxystelma alpini Decne. • Oxystelma esculentum (L.fil.) Schult. • Oxystelma esculentum (L.fil.) Smith • Oxystelma secamone (L.) Karst. • Oxystelma secamone (L.) Schum. • Oxystelma zippelianum Bl. • Periploca esculenta L.fil. • Periploca secamone L. • Sarcostemma esculentum (L.fil.) R.W.Holm • Sarcostemma secamone (L.) Bennet • Secamone aegyptiaca Ait. … GBIF
September 14, 2019 … Vasai Killa

Images from Sh. Ravindranath Muthevi : 9 posts by 4 authors. 3 images– 3 to 4 mb each.

Apocynaceae ??

It is Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm

Yes Oxystelma secamone?

These photographs have been taken in my lemon orchard near Tenali in Guntur District, AP  today (25.7.20). While removing the partial parasitic twiners like Tinospora cordifolia from the lemon plants this twiner was seen. Prima facie this seemed to me like Tylophora indica as seen from the flowers. But the leaves are slender. I think this is another species in the Apocynaceae family. Please help me to find it out.

It seems to be O. esculentum. But as verified in the Google, in some photographs it is seen as having bipinnate leaves, though the twiner in question has slender oblong leaves. In some photographs it is shown as a bush, whereas it is a twining creeper. That is why I am still having doubts on it.

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Unknown climber from Assam KD 08 Aug 22:
Attached images are unknwon climber from Assam.. Please Id of the sp.
Date : 29.08.22
Location: Assam
Family : Asclepiadaceae (??)
Genus & species : ??
Habit : Climber

Oxystelma esculentum

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Regarding identification of the species collected from Gajapati Odisha on may 2022: 6 images.

Oxystelma esculentum (L. f.) Sm. !

Mainly medicinal  The leaves are traditionally used as diuretic, galactagogue, anthelmintic, antiulcer, laxative and antiperiodic. The plant is also used ethnomedicinally in throat infections, skin diseases and jaundice.
Whole plant edible, mostly a famine food.

Lance-like seed pods are edible. The plant is a good source of famine food. !

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