WorldFloraDB - Cynanchum ovalifolium

Characteristics

Herbaceous vine; latex white. Leaves with petiole 28–32 mm long; lamina herbaceous, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, to 12 cm long, to 7 cm wide, cordate to cuneate at base, acuminate; secondary veins 10–13 each side of midrib; colleters 2. Inflorescence of 1–10 fascicles. Flowers c. 4 mm long, 6–7 mm diam.; pedicels 4–7 mm long. Sepals ovate, c. 1.5 mm long. Corolla rotate, cream; tube 1–1.5 mm long, c. 3 mm diam.; lobes ovate-oblong, 4–5 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, somewhat pouched in middle. Gynostegial corona highly fused, cream, tubular with c. 15 irregular lobes. Follicles fusiform-ovoid, 7–8.5 cm long.

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A creeper climber. The branches are greyish-brown to blackish-brown. It has thick oval leaves. They are opposite and leathery. The leaves are simple and 7-12 cm long by 3.5-7 cm wide. They have a sharp tip. The leaves are dark green and shiny on the top surface and light green underneath. They have yellow veins. The flowers occur on stalks of equal length arising from the same point. They are 6-7 mm across. There are 5 petals. The fruit is a boat shaped dry sac. It is roughly triangular in cross section.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

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Oct	Nov	Dec

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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in mangrove swamps on the ground and climbing up trees. In northern Australia it grows from sea level to 300 m altitude.

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Grows in vine forests andvine thickets.

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Usage

CAUTION: Many Cynanchum are poisonous. The fruit are reported as eaten by children.

Uses	food medicinal poison
Edible	fruits leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:96461-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000633422
COL ID	338Z5
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cynanchum crassifolium Cynanchum javanicum Cynanchum ovalifolium Cynanchum zollingeri Cynoctonum ovalifolium Cynoctonum zollingeri Cynanchum laeve Cynanchum luzonicum Cynoctonum blumei Holostemma laeve Marsdenia javanica Vincetoxicum laeve Vincetoxicum zollingeri Cynanchum ovalifolium var. angustifolium

WorldFloraDB 2024

Cynanchum ovalifolium Wight

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