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Diplorhynchus
Sign in to saveDiplorhynchus is a monotypic genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae native to tropical and southern Africa. , Plants of the World Online recognises the single species Diplorhynchus condylocarpon.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Collections
- NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Angola
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Encyclopedic overview
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Diplorhynchus is a monotypic genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae native to tropical and southern Africa. , Plants of the World Online recognises the single species Diplorhynchus condylocarpon.
==Description== Diplorhynchus condylocarpon grows as a shrub or small tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . Its fragrant flowers feature a white to creamy corolla. Fruit is green or brown with paired follicles, each up to long. Vernacular names for the plant include "horn-pod tree" and "wild rubber". The species' local traditional medicinal uses include as a treatment for indigestion, diarrhoea, fever, snakebite, infertility, venereal disease, diabetes, pneumonia and tuberculosis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diplorhynchus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.