Holarrhena pubescens

Holarrhena pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to central and southern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and parts of China.[1][2][3][4][5] [6][7] In Cambodia, it is called /tɨk dɑh kʰlaː thɔm/ ទឹកដោះខ្លាធំ big tiger milk or /kʰlaɛɲ kŭəŋ/ ខ្លែងគង់ invulnerable kite.[8] These seeds are sold as indraja (इनद्राजा) for Ayurvedic medicine in India.

Holarrhena pubescens
Holarrhena pubescens flowers & leaves
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Holarrhena
Species:
H. pubescens
Binomial name
Holarrhena pubescens
Wall. ex G.Don 1837
Synonyms[1]
  • Echites pubescens Buch.-Ham. 1822, illegitimate homonym, not Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. 1819
  • Chonemorpha pubescens (Wall.) G.Don
  • Elytropus pubescens (Wall.) Miers
  • Echites adglutinatus Burm.f.
  • Echites antidysentericus Roth 1819, illegitimate homonym, not (L.) Roxb. ex Fleming 1810
  • Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall. 1829, invalid name published without description, also illegitimate homonym, not (L.) Wall. 1829
  • Holarrhena codaga G.Don
  • Holarrhena villosa Aiton ex Loudon
  • Holarrhena malaccensis Wight
  • Physetobasis macrocarpa Hassk.
  • Holarrhena febrifuga Klotzsch
  • Holarrhena glabra Klotzsch
  • Holarrhena tettensis Klotzsch
  • Holarrhena macrocarpa (Hassk.) Fern.-Vill.
  • Holarrhena fischeri K.Schum.
  • Holarrhena perrotii Spire
  • Holarrhena pierrei Spire
  • Nerium sinense W.Hunter
  • Holarrhena glaberrima Markgr.

References
  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". apps.kew.org. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  2. "Holarrhena pubescens". Flora of China. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
  3. Da Silva MC, Izidine S, Amude AB. A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique (PDF) (Report). Pretoria: Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report (SABONET). pp. 1–184.
  4. Strugnell AM (2006). "A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi". National Botanic Garden of Belgium. 34: 1–199.
  5. Middleton DJ (January 2007). "Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae)". Flora Malesiana. Series 1, Spermatophyta. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff N.V. 18 (1): 1–52.
  6. Timberlake JR, Bayliss J, Alves T, Francisco J, Harris T, Nangoma D, de Sousa C (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi (Report). Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award. Vol. 15. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. pp. 1–71.
  7. Middleton DJ (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia , II. Vol. 2. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia. pp. 1–235.
  8. Leti M, Hul S, Fouché JG, Cheng SK, David B (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge [Photographic Flora of Cambodia] (in French). Editions Privat. p. 81.

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