Holarrhena pubescens
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Holarrhena |
| Species: | H. pubescens
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Holarrhena pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to central and southern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and parts of China.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In Cambodia, it is called /tɨk dɑh kʰlaː thɔm/ ទឹកដោះខ្លាធំ big tiger milk or /kʰlaɛɲ kŭəŋ/ ខ្លែងគង់ invulnerable kite.[8] These seeds are sold as indraja (इनद्राजा) for Ayurvedic medicine in India.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". apps.kew.org. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2017-08-07.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Holarrhena pubescens". Flora of China. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ Da Silva MC, Izidine S, Amude AB. A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique (PDF) (Report). Pretoria: Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report (SABONET). pp. 1–184.
- ^ Strugnell AM (2006). "A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi". National Botanic Garden of Belgium. 34: 1–199.
- ^ Middleton DJ (January 2007). "Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae)". Flora Malesiana. Series 1, Spermatophyta. 18 (1). Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff N.V.: 1–52.
- ^ Timberlake JR, Bayliss J, Alves T, Francisco J, Harris T, Nangoma D, de Sousa C (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi (Report). Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award. Vol. 15. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. pp. 1–71.
- ^ Middleton DJ (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia, II. Vol. 2. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia. pp. 1–235.
- ^ Leti M, Hul S, Fouché JG, Cheng SK, David B (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge [Photographic Flora of Cambodia] (in French). Editions Privat. p. 81.
Further reading
[edit]- Dressler S, Schmidt M, Zizka G (2014). "Holarrhena pubescens". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.