Apocynaceae
Oxystelma esculentum
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Oxystelma
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Common names
By language (8)
- ban
- Pepe
- Bangla
- দুধী | দুধিয়ালতা | ক্ষীরাই
- Burmese
- ကောက်ရိုးနွယ်
- Chinese
- 尖槐藤, 高冠藤
- Malayalam
- കിണികിണിപ്പാല
- shn
- ၽၵ်းၸွၼ်းၽိူင်း
- Tamil
- ஊசிப்பாலை
- Thai
- กระพังโหม
Synonyms
- Asclepias rosea Roxb.
- Marsdenia brockmaniana W.Fitzg.
- Oxystelma esculentum var. wallichii (Wight) T.Cooke
- Oxystelma secamone var. wallichii (Wight) M.A.Rahman & Wilcock
- Oxystelma wallichii Wight
- Oxystelma zippelianum Blume
- Periploca esculenta L.f.
- Sarcostemma esculentum (L.f.) R.Holm
- Secamone aegyptiaca W.T.Aiton
Photos
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lalithamba, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Manojk, 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
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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.