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Apocynaceae

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Apocyneae

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Malouetieae

Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Wrightieae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Ceropegieae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Fockeeae

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Marsdenieae

Subfamily Periplocoideae
Tribe Cryptolepideae

Subfamily Periplocoideae
Tribe Periploceae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Alyxieae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Carisseae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Plumerieae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Vinceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Strophanthus gratus (Wallich & Hook. ex Benth.) Baill.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Climbing Oleander, Cream Fruit
  • Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Tropical West Africa
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Scandent shrub, to 25 feet or more, glabrous; leaves oblong, to 6 inches long, short-acuminate, veins spreading at right angles to midrib; sepals broad, scarious, corolla white or tinged with pink, tube 1.5 inches long, lobes obovate, to 1 inch long, obtuse, never caudate, with crisped margins, appendages in sinuses lanceolate-subulate, rose-colored, exserted about 5/16 inch; follicles obtusely acuminate, to 15 inches long, seeds glabrous.

    The cardiac drug strophanthin is derived from the seeds of this and a few other species.

  • Culture: Frost-tender plants prefer a partly shaded position and fertile, humus-rich but well drained soil. Propagate from softwood cuttings or seeds.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500457
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1113 - AFR:Guinean Forest C
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-14-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • SubFamily: Apocynoideae
  • Tribe: Wrightieae
  • SubTribe:
References:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976

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