Pachycarpus lineolatus (Decne.) Bullock

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Pachycarpus

Characteristics

A single stemmed plant. It is erect and keeps growing from year to year. It puts up annual stems. It grows 1.5 m high. The roots are thick and spindle shaped. They have a white flesh and milky sap. The flowers are tinged purple. The fruit are made of 2 follicles. They are spindle shaped and 12 cm long by 7 cm wide.
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An erect simple-stemmed perennial
Inflated bladder-like follicles
Hispid-hairy all over
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the savannah.
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Savanna.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The roots are powdered or dried then boiled.
Uses food gene source material medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Roundworms (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Uzarin (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Pachycarpus lineolatus world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:100241-1
WFO ID wfo-0000392687
COL ID 4BQ9N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Asclepias conspicua Asclepias schweinfurthii Pachycarpus lineolatus Calotropis busseana Pachycarpus mildbraedii Pachycarpus schweinfurthii Gomphocarpus lineolatus Asclepias browniana Asclepias lineolata Asclepias inflexa