Botanical Name / Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm.

Genus: Oxystelma
Group: 1 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - I - Dicotyledons Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Oxystelma
Common sinhala name
Heen Medahangu
Habit
Creeper
Origin
Native
Conservation status
LC-Least Concern
Legal status
Protected
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Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm.
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Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm.
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FlowerSL (ID-PMR), Sameera Nammuniarachchi (ID-SN), Aruna Yasapalitha (ID-AY), Sanjeewa Rupasinghe (ID-SR), IDA 100%
Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm.

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