Amphineurion

Amphineurion is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1948. It contains only one known species, Amphineurion marginatum, native to Cambodia, S China (Guangdong, Hainan), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.[1][2][3]

Amphineurion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Apocyneae
Genus: Amphineurion
(A.DC.) Pichon
Species:
A. marginatum
Binomial name
Amphineurion marginatum
(Roxb.) D.J.Middleton
Synonyms[1]
  • Aganosma marginata (Roxb.) G.Don
  • Aganosma acuminata (Roxb.) G.Don
  • Amphineurion acuminatum (Roxb.) Pichon
  • Echites acuminatus Roxb. 1832, illegitimate homonym, not Ruiz & Pav. 1799 nor Willdenow ex A. DC. 1844
  • Echites marginatus Roxb.
  • Echites cristatus Roth
  • Chonemorpha cristata (Roth) G.Don
  • Echites repens Blanco 1837, illegitimate homonym, not Jacq. 1760
  • Aganosma macrocarpa A.DC.
  • Aganosma velutina A.DC.
  • Echites apoxys Voigt
  • Echites procumbens Blanco
  • Aganosma euloba Miq.
  • Ichnocarpus acuminatus (G.Don) Fern.-Vill.
  • Ichnocarpus macrocarpus (A.DC.) Fern.-Vill.
  • Ichnocarpus velutinus (A.DC.) Fern.-Vill.
  • Holarrhena procumbens (Blanco) Merr.
  • Amphineurion acuminatum (G.Don) Pichon
  • Amphineurion velutinum (A.DC.) Pichon

Description & habitat

Aganosma marginata is a liana that can grow up to 8 metres (26 ft) in length. When young, it sometimes forms a shrub with arching branches.[4] Its habitats are mountain forests and seashore thickets.[2]

Uses

In times of famine, including during the Khmer Rouge regime years, the people of Cambodia eat the young leaves and stem of this climber, called krâllam' paè or trâllam' paè in Khmer language.[5] Various parts of the plant are also used in traditional medicine to treat a number of ailments, including menstruation problems.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 168 香花藤 xiang hua teng Aganosma marginata (Roxburgh) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 77. 1837.
  3. Middleton, D.J. (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia , II, 2: 1–235. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia.
  4. Middleton, David J. (September 2004). "Aganosma marginata (Roxb.) G.Don". In Soepadmo, E.; Saw, L. G.; Chung, R. C. K. (eds.). Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions). Vol. 5. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. p. 10. ISBN 983-2181-59-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  5. Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. pp. 14, 15.


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