Cynanchum pulchellum

Cynanchum pulchellum^[1] is an Asian species of liana in the family Apocynaceae. Its known distribution includes: China (Guangxi), Thailand, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam.^[2] Before 2016, it was the type species of the genus Raphistemma.

Cynanchum pulchellum
Botanical drawing, 1853
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Asclepiadeae
Genus:	Cynanchum
Species:	C. pulchellum
Binomial name
Cynanchum pulchellum (Wall.) Liede & Khanum
Synonyms
Asclepias pulchella (Wall.) Roxb. Oxystelma pulchellum (Wall.) D.Dietr. Pergularia campanulata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Raphistemma pulchellum (Roxb.) Wall.