Common name: Swan Milkweed, Melkbos
Family: Apocynaceae
Synonym(s): <i>Asclepias fruticosa</i>
Country of Origin: Arabian penninsula to eastern and southern Africa
Description:
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.
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USDA Zone:
Source: garden material
Provenance:
Ex hort., plant from student donation
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Culture:
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Apocynaceae
- SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
- Tribe: Asclepiadeae
- SubTribe: Asclepiadinae
References:
Alec Naidoo. 2005. Gomphocarpus fruticosus PlantZAfrica article accessed March 4 2024.
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