Secamone minutiflora Tsiang

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Secamone

Characteristics

Plants to 5 m, glabrous except for petioles and inflorescences. Petiole 2-3 mm, puberulent; leaf blade elliptic-ovate, 3-6.5 × 1.2-2.5 cm, thin papery, base cuneate, apex acute, abaxially gland dotted; lateral veins inconspicuous. Cymes extra-axillary, ± umbel-like, shorter than leaves. Sepals ovate, ca. 1 mm, densely pubescent. Corolla ± rotate, ca. 4 mm in diam.; lobes oblong, ca. 1.5 mm. Corona lobes falcate. Stigma head clearly exserted from anthers. Follicles linear-lanceolate in outline, 5-6 cm × 6-9 mm, divaricate at 180-200º, glabrous. Seeds brownish, oblong, ca. 10 × 4 mm; coma white sericeous, to 2.5 cm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct.
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Secamone minutiflora world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:101360-1
WFO ID wfo-0000431682
COL ID 4W889
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Synonyms

Secamone minutiflora Secamone szechuanensis Tylophora minutiflora Secamone elliptica subsp. minutiflora