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Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik.

White swallow-wort (en), Dompte-venin officinal (fr), Dompte-venin (fr), Asclépiade blanche (fr), Contre-poison (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Vincetoxicum

Characteristics

Slender, suberect or ± twining or scrambling; peduncles 1–3 cm; cor ochroleucous to maroon or pinkish, its lobes lanceolate, 2.5–4.5 mm, half as wide, glabrous, scarcely fleshy; corona deeply 5-lobed; 2n=22; otherwise much like no. 1 [Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Moench], for which it is often mistaken. Native of Europe, occasionally intr. into thickets and waste places in our range. June– Sept. (? V. medium and Cynanchum medium, the former name illegitimate)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Wood margins and open places, north to latitude 60° 30' north in Europe.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Emetics (root), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Medicine(Veterinary) (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Tumor(Breast) (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Scrofula (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Cancer(Breast) (unspecified), Breast neoplasms (unspecified), Antifungal agents (whole plant excluding root), Cardiovascular system (whole plant excluding root)
Human toxicity toxic (whole), toxic (aerial)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 5
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria habit picture by Botasy (cc-by-sa)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria habit picture by fabien faf (cc-by-sa)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria habit picture by Stefana Popova (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria leaf picture by Loreti Pietro (cc-by-sa)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria leaf picture by fabien faf (cc-by-sa)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria leaf picture by fabien faf (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria flower picture by Michel SIGART (cc-by-sa)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria flower picture by bimarix (cc-by-sa)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria flower picture by Mathias Russegger (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria fruit picture by dreox dan (cc-by-sa)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria fruit picture by Patrick Nard (cc-by-sa)
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria fruit picture by Jacques Maréchal (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria world distribution map, present in Canada, France, Pakistan, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:102810-1
WFO ID wfo-0000421723
COL ID 7FRQX
BDTFX ID 71994
INPN ID 129477
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Alexitoxicon vincetoxicum Antitoxicum officinale Asclepias toxicaria Vincetoxicum officinale Vincetoxicum vincetoxicum Asclepias vincetoxicum Cynanchum vincetoxicum Alexitoxicon officinale Cynanchum kenowiense Vincetoxicum hirundinaria

Lower taxons

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. intermedium Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. jailicola Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. lusitanicum Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. nivale Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. contiguum Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. stepposum Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. cretaceum Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. adriaticum Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. luteolum Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. apodum Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. hirundinaria
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