Biology:Oxystelma esculentum
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Short description: Species of plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Oxystelma |
| Species: | O. esculentum
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxystelma esculentum (L. f.) Sm.
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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]
References
- ↑ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-2610806, retrieved 12 March 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bingtao Li; Michael G. Gilbert; W. Douglas Stevens, "Oxystelma esculentum (Linnaeus f.) Smith in Rees, Cycl. 25: (not numbered). 1813", Flora of China online, 16, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018687
- ↑ 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, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200018687
Wikidata ☰ Q11038356 entry
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