Rhazya stricta
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Rhazya stricta (Persian: اشورک Eshvarak) is a native poisonous plant in Southern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia.[2][3] The plant is an evergreen dwarf shrub of the Apocynaceae family.
References
- ^ 1835 illustration of Rhazya stricta - d'après Victor Jacquemont, Jacques Cambessèdes et Joseph Decaisne - Voyage dans l'Inde, pendant les années 1828 à 1832 - Volume 4, partie 3 - Paris, 1835 - planche 111
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Muẓaffariān, Walī Allāh. 1996. A dictionary of Iranian plant names: Latin, English, Persian = Farhang-i nāmhā-yi gīyāhān-i Īrān : Lātīnī-Inglīsī-Fārsī. Tehran: Farhang-e Moʻaser.
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