Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers is a plant in the Rubiaceae family, order Gentianales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers
Pentas lanceolata, or Egyptian starcluster, is a Rubiaceae flowering plant native to tropical Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, sometimes planted in butterfly gardens.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers, commonly called Egyptian starcluster, is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the madder plant family, Rubiaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, ranging from Sudan to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique; it is also native to the Arabian Peninsula, where it occurs in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. This species is sometimes planted in butterfly gardens.
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Oldenlandiopsis callitrichoides (Griseb.) Terrell & W.H.Lewis
Burchellia bubalina (L.f.) Sims
Galium glaucum L.
Coprosma spathulata A.Cunn.
Houstonia purpurea L.
Cruciata glabra (L.) Opiz
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