Sarcostemma

Several Caralluma species and Sarcostemma viminale (L.)

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I met with Sarcostemma ciliatum; Wall.? petalis extus viridescent, intus ciliisque purpuro sanguinies, but it is rare.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

There is likewise another fleshy species fol. 3 phyllis, Sarcostemma viminale, Indigofera,

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

(Hum) by the modern Parsis of Yezd and Kerman are said to be members of the family Asclepiadaceae (perhaps of the genus Sarcostemma) with fleshy stalks and milky juice, and the Soma tested by Dr Haug at Poona was probably made from another species of the same or an allied genus.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896