Vincetoxicum hirsutum (Wall.) Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Vincetoxicum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite plant. It grows 5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Asthma (root), Leukemia (root), Snake bites (root), Wounds and injuries (root), Abdomen (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified), Decoagulant (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Atrophy (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Pleurisy (unspecified), Hydrocoele (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Dysuria (unspecified), Epididymitis (unspecified), Neuralgia (unspecified), Orchitis (unspecified), Antiprotozoal agents (unspecified), Antineoplastic agents (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Vincetoxicum hirsutum world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:102807-1
WFO ID wfo-0000421721
COL ID 59TNZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tylophora hirsuta Vincetoxicum hirsutum Vincetoxicum hispidum Tylophora pilosissima Diplolepis apiculata Diplolepis ovata Tylophora jacquemontii Tylophora mollissima Tylophora ovata Tylophora atrofolliculata Tylophora panzhutenga Tylophora hispida Gymnema hirsutum Tylophora hispida var. brownii Tylophora ovata var. ovata Tylophora ovata var. lanyuensis

Lower taxons

Tylophora ovata var. balansae