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Cryptostegia
Sign in to saveCryptostegia is a genus of flowering plants native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. The genus is in the family Apocynaceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 59
- With media
- 37
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- USF, MO, CDA, DEK, UFC, NY
- Recorded in
- United States, Venezuela, Madagascar, Mexico, Brasil, Belize, Dominican Republic, Brazil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Periplocoideae
- Image
- Cryptostegia buds at Padnekad in Kasaragod.jpg
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- taxon name
- Cryptostegia
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- genus
- Commons category
- Cryptostegia
- topic's main category
- Category:Cryptostegia
- has fruit type
- follicle
- taxon common name
- 桉叶藤属
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Cryptostegia is a genus of flowering plants native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. The genus is in the family Apocynaceae.
==Description== Cryptostegia includes three species of slender, many-stemmed, woody, perennial vines. When their stems or leaves are damaged they exude a milky latex that is extremely toxic to livestock; it contains cardiac glycosides that cause sudden death, especially after violent exertion. Though the latex is of good quality it is not used commercially.
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