Oxystelma esculentum
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Oxystelma |
Species: | O. esculentum
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Binomial name | |
Oxystelma esculentum | |
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Oxystelma esculentum is a species of flowering plant native to China, South Asia, southeast Asia, northeastern Africa, and south-west Asia.[2] The plant is used in traditional medicine[2] and the fruit is eaten.[3]
References
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- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 12 March 2016
- ^ a b Bingtao Li; Michael G. Gilbert; W. Douglas Stevens, "Oxystelma esculentum (Linnaeus f.) Smith in Rees, Cycl. 25: (not numbered). 1813", Flora of China online, vol. 16
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