Cosmostigma cordatum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida

Cosmostigma cordatum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 239 (2001) (2001).

Cosmostigma cordatum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida, Photo by Tan Trinh

The native range of this species is India to Indo-China. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Vietnamese name: 

Thiên lý rừng, Tinh thư

Family: 

Asclepiadaceae

Uses: 

Indigestion, fever (Root). Wounds (Leaves).

Distribution: 

Ba Ria Vung Tau. The plant grows naturally on the edge of the forest.