WorldFloraDB - Funastrum cynanchoides

Characteristics

A twining vine like plant. The leaves are opposite and shaped like arrowheads. They are 2.5-4 cm long. The flowers are in umbrella like heads. They are pink to purple. The fruit are 8-10 cm long. They have tufted seeds 3 cm long.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

-

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in the desert.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Young fruit are edible.

Uses	food material medicinal
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	Collyrium (unspecified), Antidote(Black Widow) (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Leaf

Flower

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:106371-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000693504
COL ID	6K447
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Apocynum platyanthum Sarcostemma texanum Gonolobus viridiflorus Funastrum cynanchoides Sarcostemma cynanchoides Philibertia cynanchoides Philibertella cynanchoides Philibertia viridiflora Funastrum cynanchoides var. subtruncatum Philibertia cynanchoides var. subtruncata Sarcostemma cynanchoides var. cynanchoides Sarcostemma cynanchoides subsp. cynanchoides

WorldFloraDB 2024

Funastrum cynanchoides (Decne.) Schltr.

Fringed twinevine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Funastrum