Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Apocynaceae

Genus:

Oxystelma

Species:

Oxystelma esculentum

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Range

Arabian Peninsula: Oman, Yemen, Australia: Northern Territory, China: China South-Central, China Southeast, East Tropical Africa: Tanzania, Indian Subcontinent: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya, Indo-China: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malesia: Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, Northern Africa: Egypt, Western Asia: Palestine, Sinai