Cryptolepis sinensis

Cryptolepis sinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Cryptolepis
Species:	C. sinensis
Binomial name
Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
Synonyms1
List Emericia sinensis (Lour.) Roem. & Schult. Pergularia sinensis Lour. Vallaris sinensis (Lour.) G.Don Aganosma edithae Hance Apocynum orixense Rottler ex Hook.f. Cryptolepis edithae (Hance) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Maxim. Cryptolepis elegans Wall. ex G.Don Cryptolepis elegans var. ciliata Pierre ex Costantin Cryptolepis laxiflora Blume Cryptolepis pauciflora Wight Cryptolepis sinensis var. ciliata (Costantin) P.H.Hô Echites pauciflorus Rottler ex Hook.f. Nerium pauciflorum Roxb. ex Hook.f. Periploca chinensis Spreng. Streptocaulon chinense (Spreng.) G.Don Strophanthus divaricatus Wall. ex G.Don

Cryptolepis sinensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae.¹² It is native to Taiwan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan) and southeast Asia (Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam).³

Cryptolepis sinensis is one of the food sources for the common crow (Euploea core), a common butterfly found in South Asia. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network – (GRIN) [Data from 07-Oct-06].