Pergularia daemia subsp. daemia Hook.F.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Perennial, herbaceous climber, 1-6 m long; sparsely hispid. Leaves spreading, cordiform, 20-120 x 30-127 mm, apex acute; petioles 18-90 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, almost corymbose, pendulous, 20-30-flowered; peduncle 50-160 mm long. Flowers creamy green to yellowish white, noctiflorus, scented; pedicels 12-35 mm long. Corolla: tube campanulate, 3-5 mm long; lobes spreading, apex raised, oblong-lanceolate, 6-10 x 3-5 mm; white-villous along margins. Corona: staminal corona lobes fleshy, inserted on staminal column 1-8 mm above corolla; interstaminal corona inserted on corolla tube base, annular encircling staminal column. Anther: appendage ovate, inflexed over truncate style-stigma-head. Follicles solitary or paired, erect, lanceoloid, 50-75 x 10-20 mm, with apical beak, pubescent with recurved bristles.
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Climbing herb. Stems hairy, hairs erect, rough, long (1 mm or more, sometimes shorter). Leaf blades 20-120 mm long. Flowers opening towards evening and at night; green, stained with brownish purple on outside; corona white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Carbuncle (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified)
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Distribution

Pergularia daemia subsp. daemia world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Botswana, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritania, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77172919-1
WFO ID wfo-0001425927
COL ID 7KKMB
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Synonyms

Raphistemma ciliatum Cynanchum extensum Doemia barbata Doemia glabra Asclepias glabra Cynanchum cordifolium Cynanchum pendulum Doemia aethiopica Doemia angolensis Pergularia extensa Cynanchum echinatum Asclepias convolvulacea Asclepias muricata Cynanchum pedunculatum Pergularia daemia subsp. daemia