Accession Data
Gomphocarpus fruticosus
Common Name: Swan Milkweed, Melkbos
Family: Apocynaceae
Synonym(s): Asclepias fruticosa
Country of Origin: Arabian penninsula to eastern and southern Africa
Uses: Potentially poisonous. Leaves are used as a snuff, to treat headaches, and to treat tuberculosis. The roots are used to treat stomach aches. Fibers from the seeds are used as stuffing for pillows.
Accession Data
Accession #: 202400016
Accession Date: 2024-03-05 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1114
Quantity: 1
Source: garden material
Provenance:
Ex hort., plant from student donation
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: euasterid I
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
SubTribe: Asclepiadinae
Flowering Data:
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References
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Alec Naidoo. 2005. Gomphocarpus fruticosus PlantZAfrica article accessed March 4 2024.
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