Magnoliopsida Gentianales Apocynaceae Trachomitum

Detailed information about the plant.

Class:

Magnoliopsida

Order:

Gentianales

Family:

Apocynaceae

Genus:

Trachomitum

Synonym:

Magnoliopsida

Editor:

S. Rilke

Scientific name:

Trachomitum scabrum (Russanov) Pobed.

Name acc. to:

Flora of Pakistan: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250077077

Tax. Comments:

Flora of Pakistan following the Flora Iranica and lists the taxon as a subspecies. In Flora of China Apocynum venetum is prefered. Its english name is sword-leaf dogbane.

Comments:

It is poisonous. Uses: as a source of fiber medicine; nectar source for production of honey... Distribution: South East Europe, temperate Asia Anatolia to China and Iran, Australia.

Description:

Perennial slender herb, 80-150 cm, glabrous but upper parts sometimes hairy. Leaves linear, ovate-elliptic or oblong, 2-5 x 0.5-2 cm, entire or crenate. Inflorescence few flowered; flower campaunulate, corolla 3-4 x4-6 mm, purplish, pedicel filiform, 2-3 mm long, pubescent; calyx-tube about 2 mm long. Type: Amu Darya, Kopet Dagh, (LE).