Gomphocarpus fruticosus
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| Gomphocarpus fruticosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Genus: | Gomphocarpus |
| Species: | G. fruticosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton | |
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Gomphocarpus fruticosus (syn. Asclepias fruticosa) is a species of milkweed native to South Africa.[2] It is also common in New Zealand where it is the main host of the Monarch butterfly.[citation needed] The plant's tissues contain sufficient cardenolides that consumption of significant quantities of the plant's leaves, stems, or fruit may lead to death in livestock and humans.[3][4][5]
The species is closely related to Gomphocarpus physocarpus.
References
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, version 1.1".
- ↑ Clive Bromilow; Problem Plants of South Africa, Briza Publications 2001 ISBN 1-875093-27-3
- ↑ Van Wyk, Van Oudshoorn & Gerike: Medicinal plants of South Africa, Briza Publications 1997. ISBN 1-875093-09-5
- ↑ Philip H. Quanjer. "Milk Weed Asclepias fruticosa". Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ p. 36 in D. Jesse Wagstaff (2008). International Poisonous Plants Checklist, An Evidence-Based Reference. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla.
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