Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G.Don is a plant in the Apocynaceae family, order Gentianales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G.Don

Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G.Don

Holarrhena pubescens is an Apocynaceae flowering plant native to Africa and Asia, with uses in Ayurvedic medicine.

Family
Genus
Holarrhena
Order
Gentianales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G.Don

Holarrhena pubescens is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the family Apocynaceae. It is native to central and southern Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, and parts of China. This species is sometimes confused with Wrightia antidysenterica, because the name Holarrhena pubescens was published a second time in a taxonomically invalid way. In Cambodia, it is known by two common names: /tɨk dɑh kʰlaː thɔm/ ទឹកដោះខ្លាធំ, which translates to "big tiger milk", and /kʰlaɛɲ kŭəŋ/ ខ្លែងគង់, which translates to "invulnerable kite". In India, its seeds are sold as indraja (इनद्राजा) for use in Ayurvedic medicine.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Gentianales Apocynaceae Holarrhena

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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