Pleioceras barteri
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Pleioceras barteri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Pleioceras |
Species: | P. barteri
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Binomial name | |
Pleioceras barteri | |
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Pleioceras barteri grows as a shrub, liana or small tree up to 4 metres (13 ft) tall. Its flowers feature dark red or violet corolla lobes with yellow apex. Its habitat is forests, bush or open ground in coastal areas from sea level to 500 metres (1,600 ft) altitude. Local traditional medicinal uses include as an emmenagogue, abortifacient and also in the treatment of rheumatism and malaria.[2] Pleioceras barteri is native to tropical West Africa and Cameroon.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Pleioceras barteri". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Medicinal Plants. PROTA. 2008. pp. 470–471. ISBN 978-9-05782-204-9.
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- Plants described in 1888
- Plants used in traditional African medicine
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of Cameroon
- Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon
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