Biology:Ventilago
Ventilago is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It includes about 40 species found in the tropics of South and SE Asia, Australasia, with one species each in Africa and Madagascar.[1]
Plants in this genus are evergreen vines, scandent shrubs, or (rarely) small trees. Inflorescences emerge from the Template:Botanygloss and may consist of solitary flowers or Template:Botanygloss. Petals are absent in some species, e.g. Ventilago ecorollata. The fruit is a single-seeded samara with a wing attached at the apex.[1]
The roots of Ventilago vanuatuana—included in Ventilago neocaledonica before 2020—are used in Vanuatu to produce a crimson red dye (Apma: laba) which is used to pattern traditional textiles.[2][3]
Species
As of December 2025[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following 40 species:[4]
- Ventilago africana Exell
- Ventilago borneensis Ridl.
- Ventilago brunnea Merr.
- Ventilago buxoides Baill.
- Ventilago crenata Cahen & Utteridge
- Ventilago cristata Pierre
- Ventilago denticulata Willd.
- Ventilago dichotoma (Blanco) Merr.
- Ventilago diffusa (G.Don) Exell
- Ventilago ecorollata (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Ventilago elegans Hemsl.
- Ventilago ferruginea Cahen & Utteridge
- Ventilago flavovirens Cahen & Utteridge
- Ventilago gamblei Suess.
- Ventilago gladiata Pierre
- Ventilago goughii Gamble
- Ventilago harmandiana Pierre
- Ventilago inaequilateralis Merr. & Chun
- Ventilago kurzii Ridl.
- Ventilago lanceolata Merr.
- Ventilago leiocarpa Benth.
- Ventilago leptadenia Tul.
- Ventilago lucens Miq.
- Ventilago madraspatana Gaertn.
- Ventilago maingayi M.A.Lawson
- Ventilago malaccensis Ridl.
- Ventilago microcarpa K.Schum.
- Ventilago multinervia Merr.
- Ventilago neocaledonica Schltr.
- Ventilago nisidai Kaneh.
- Ventilago palawanensis Elmer
- Ventilago pauciflora Pit.
- Ventilago pseudocalyculata Guillaumin
- Ventilago pubiflora W.D.Francis
- Ventilago sororia Hance
- Ventilago tinctoria Cahen, Toussirot & Pillon
- Ventilago vanuatuana Cahen, Toussirot & Pillon
- Ventilago viminalis Hook.
- Ventilago vitiensis A.Gray
- Ventilago zhengdei G.S.Fan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Medan, D.; Schirarend, C. (2004). "Rhamnaceae". in Kubitzki, K.. The Families and Genera of Flowering Plants: Volume VI. Berlin: Springer. p. 334. ISBN 978-3-642-05714-4.
- ↑ Bourdy, Geneviève; Walter, Annie (December 1986). "Notes sur quelques plantes tinctoriales de Vanuatu". Naïka (Vanuatu Natural Science Society) 24. IRD Identifier: fdi:010013960. https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_5/b_fdi_01/010013960.pdf. (The linked PDF contains the 1986 French original and the 1987 English translation. The two versions appear to share an IRD identifier.) Template:Pbr Bourdy, Geneviève; Walter, Annie (September 1987). "Notes on some tinctoral plants of Vanuatu". Naïka (Vanuatu Natural Science Society) 25. IRD Identifier: fdi:010013960. https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_5/b_fdi_01/010013960.pdf.
- ↑ Cahen, Daniel; Toussirot, Marine; Pillon, Yohan (2020). "A revision of Ventilago (Rhamnaceae) in New Caledonia and Vanuatu with notes on dyeing properties". Willdenowia (Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin) 50 (2). doi:10.3372/wi.50.50211. ISSN 0511-9618. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342130726_A_revision_of_Ventilago_Rhamnaceae_in_New_Caledonia_and_Vanuatu_with_notes_on_dyeing_properties.
- ↑ "Ventilago Gaertn.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33543-1.
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