Cryptolepis sinensis is a plant species in the genus Cryptolepis, native to Taiwan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan) and southeast Asia (Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam).^[1]

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Cryptolepis sinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Cryptolepis
Species:	C. sinensis
Binomial name
Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 254. 1920.
Synonyms
Pergularia sinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 167. 1790. Emericia sinensis (Lour.) Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis (Roemer & Schultes) 4: 402. 1819. Periploca sinensis (Lour.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel), ed. 2. 1: 552, in syn. 1840. Vallaris sinensis (Lour.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4. 79. 1837. Aganosma edithae Hance, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 5: 227. 1866. Cryptolepis edithae (Hance) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Maxim., Gen. Pl. (Bentham & Hooker f.) 2(2): 741. 1876. Cryptolepis elegans Wall. Numer. List n. 1639. 1829, nom. inval. Cryptolepis elegans Wall. ex G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4. 82. 1837. Nerium pauciflorum Roxb. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4(10): 6. 1883. Periploca chinensis Spreng., Syst. Veg. (ed. 16) (Sprengel) 1: 836. 1824. Streptocaulon chinense (Spreng.) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4. 162. 1837.

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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].