Oxystelma esculentum

Oxystelma esculentum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Oxystelma
Species: O. esculentum
Binomial name
Oxystelma esculentum
Synonyms[1]
  • Oxystelma wallichii Wight
  • Periploca esculenta L. f.
  • Sarcostemma esculentum (L. f.) R.W. Holm

Oxystelma esculentum is a species of flowering plant native to China, South Asia, southeast Asia, northeastern Africa, and south-west Asia.[2] The plant is used in traditional medicine[2] and the fruit is eaten.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 12 March 2016
  2. 1 2 Bingtao Li; Michael G. Gilbert & W. Douglas Stevens, "Oxystelma esculentum (Linnaeus f.) Smith in Rees, Cycl. 25: (not numbered). 1813", Flora of China online, 16
  3. ↑ S.I. Ali, "Oxystelma esculentum (Linn. f.) R. Brown in Mem. Wern. Soc. 1:40. 1810. Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:17. 1883; Cooke, l.c., Huber l.c.", Flora of Pakistan online


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