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Strophanthus hispidus - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Greater Accra, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer

Strophanthus hispidus - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Greater Accra, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer

Strophanthus hispidus - Leaves and flower - Click to enlarge!

Leaves and flower; Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Greater Accra, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer

Strophanthus hispidus - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Greater Accra, Ghana; 2/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 496
Date of entry: 13.03.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Hispid strophanthus

Mandarin: 箭毒羊角拗 (jian du yang jiao niu)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Strophanthus (2)

            Epithet: hispidus A. DC (2)

hispidus => with stiff hairs or bristles

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: liana

Flower colour: red, yellow, white

External links

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