Apocynaceae
Indian sarsaparilla
Hemidesmus indicus
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Hemidesmus
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- عشبة النار الهندية
- Bangla
- অনন্তমূল
- Chinese
- 印度代菝葜
- Divehi
- ނަންނާރި
- English
- Indian sarsaparilla
- Hindi
- अनंतमूल
- Kannada
- ಸೊಗದೆ ಬೇರು
- Malayalam
- നറുനീണ്ടി
- Odia
- ଅନନ୍ତ
- Punjabi
- ਅਨੰਤਮੂਲ
- Sanskrit
- क्षीरिणीसस्यम्
- Sinhala
- ඉරමුසු
- Spanish
- Zarzaparrilla india, Zarzaparrilla índica
- Tamil
- நன்னாரி, கிருஸ்ணவல்லி, நறு நெட்டி
- Telugu
- సుగంధిపాల
- Urdu
- اننت مول
Synonyms
- Hemidesmus pubescens Wight & Arn.
- Periploca indica L.
- Periploca malabarica Burm. ex Decne.
Photos
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paryavarana Margadarsi Vaisakhi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.