Vincetoxicum bracteatum

Vincetoxicum bracteatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Vincetoxicum
Species:	V. bracteatum
Binomial name
	Vincetoxicum bracteatum; (Thunb.) Meve & Liede
Synonyms
	Cynanchum bracteatum Thunb. ; Cynanchum flavens Thunb. ; Tylophora membranifolia Thwaites ; Tylophora parviflora Wight, orth. var. ; Tylophora pauciflora Wight & Arn. ; Vincetoxicum pauciflorum (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze, nom. illeg. ;

Vincetoxicum bracteatum, synonyms including Tylophora pauciflora, is a species of climbing plant in the family Apocynaceae.^[1] It is commonly known as kiri aguna in Sri Lanka. It is edible and is used in traditional medicine.^[2] It was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1821 as Cynanchum bracteatum.^[3]