| Holarrhena pubescens | |
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| Holarrhena pubescens flowers & leaves | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Gentianales | 
| Family: | Apocynaceae | 
| Genus: | Holarrhena | 
| Species: | H. pubescens  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Holarrhena pubescens | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Holarrhena pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to central and southern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and parts of China.[1][2][3][4][5] [6][7] In Cambodia, it is called /tɨk dɑh kʰlaː thɔm/ ទឹកដោះខ្លាធំ big tiger milk or /kʰlaɛɲ kŭəŋ/ ខ្លែងគង់ invulnerable kite.[8] These seeds are sold as indraja (इनद्राजा) for Ayurvedic medicine in India.
References
- 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". apps.kew.org. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
 - ↑ "Holarrhena pubescens". Flora of China. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
 - ↑ Da Silva MC, Izidine S, Amude AB. A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique (PDF) (Report). Pretoria: Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report (SABONET). pp. 1–184.
 - ↑ Strugnell AM (2006). "A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi". National Botanic Garden of Belgium. 34: 1–199.
 - ↑ Middleton DJ (January 2007). "Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae)". Flora Malesiana. Series 1, Spermatophyta. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff N.V. 18 (1): 1–52.
 - ↑ Timberlake JR, Bayliss J, Alves T, Francisco J, Harris T, Nangoma D, de Sousa C (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi (Report). Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award. Vol. 15. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. pp. 1–71.
 - ↑ Middleton DJ (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia , II. Vol. 2. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia. pp. 1–235.
 - ↑ Leti M, Hul S, Fouché JG, Cheng SK, David B (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge [Photographic Flora of Cambodia] (in French). Editions Privat. p. 81.
 
Further reading
- Dressler S, Schmidt M, Zizka G (2014). "Holarrhena pubescens". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
 
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