Taxon:  Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn.



Summary
Genus:
Leptadenia
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:
Ceropegieae
Subtribe:
Leptadeniinae
Nomen number:
410232
Place of publication:
R. Wight, Contr. bot. India 47.  1834
Verified:
03/11/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cynanchum reticulatum Retz.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  2. Gupta, R. C. 1997. Botanical identity of jivanti - the Ayurvedic rejuvenant par excellance. Appl. Bot. Abstr. 17:49-63.
  3. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  4. Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
  5. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  6. Mohanty, S. K. et al. 2017. Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. (Jivanti): Botanical, agronomical, phytochemical, pharmacological, and biotechnological aspects. Molecules 22:1019. DOI: 10.3390/molecules22061019. Note: Leptadenia reticulata is harvested from the wild, overexploitation has endangered it
  7. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  8. Press, J. R. et al. 2000-. Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (on-line resource)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishleptadenia  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaBihar Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaDelhi Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGoa Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGujarat Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHaryana Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaLaccadive Islands Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMadhya Pradesh Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOdisha Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaPunjab Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaRajasthan Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Laccadive Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh], Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar

Reference(s)
  1. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  2. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  3. Jagtap. A. P. & N. P. Singh. 1999. Asclepiadaceae. In: Botanical Survey of India, Fascicles of flora of India. 24:261-262.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinesfolklorelocally sold as one of ingredients of herbal formulationsMohanty, S. K. et al. 2017. Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. (Jivanti): Botanical, agronomical, phytochemical, pharmacological, and biotechnological aspects. Molecules 22:1019. DOI: 10.3390/molecules22061019. Note: Leptadenia reticulata is harvested from the wild, overexploitation has endangered it
Medicinesfolkloreprobably original source of Ayurvedic "jivanti"Gupta, R. C. 1997. Botanical identity of jivanti - the Ayurvedic rejuvenant par excellance. Appl. Bot. Abstr. 17:49-63.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=410232. Accessed 17 October 2026.