Oxystelma esculentum
| Oxystelma esculentum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Oxystelma |
| Species: | O. esculentum |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxystelma esculentum (L. f.) Sm. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Oxystelma esculentum is a species of flowering plant native to China, South Asia, southeast Asia, northeastern Africa, and south-west Asia.[2] The plant is used in traditional medicine[2] and the fruit is eaten.[3]
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- ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 12 March 2016
- 1 2 Bingtao Li, Michael G. Gilbert, and W. Douglas Stevens, "Oxystelma esculentum (Linnaeus f.) Smith in Rees, Cycl. 25: (not numbered). 1813", Flora of China online 16
- ↑ S.I. Ali, "Oxystelma esculentum (Linn. f.) R. Brown in Mem. Wern. Soc. 1:40. 1810. Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:17. 1883; Cooke, l.c., Huber l.c.", Flora of Pakistan online
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