Periploca calophylla (Wight) Falc.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Periploca

Characteristics

Shrubs scandent, to 10 m. Branchlets pale gray, pendent, lenticellate. Petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, 4.5-6 × 1.5-2.2 cm, adaxially lustrous green, abaxially paler, leathery; lateral veins numerous, subparallel. Cymes axillary, to 10-flowered, sessile or short pedunculate, shorter than leaves. Sepals ovate, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, ciliate. Corolla purple, ca. 8 mm in diam., glabrous outside, pilose inside; tube short; lobes oblong, not thickened at center. Corona lobes pilose. Anthers ovate, dorsally barbed; retinaculum adherent to stigma head. Ovaries glabrous. Follicles cylindric, ca. 12 cm × 5 mm, free at tip. Seeds oblong, ca. 1.5 × 0.3 cm; coma 3-4 cm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
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Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Urologic diseases (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Periploca calophylla world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:100435-1
WFO ID wfo-0001102782
COL ID 4F3B8
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Synonyms

Periploca calophylla Streptocaulon calophyllum

Lower taxons

Periploca calophylla var. calophylla