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Sarcostemma

noun
1.
Succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia.  Synonym: genus Sarcostemma.



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"Sarcostemma" Quotes from Famous Books



... as an Agave or Aloe, but this is a doubtful native. Poinciana pulcherrima, both red and yellow, Rhus? sp. arbuscula, Vallaris solanacea. A small Lycopodium, Gmelina asiatica? The additional Madras plants are, Cissus quadrangularis. There is likewise another fleshy species fol. 3 phyllis, Sarcostemma viminale, Indigofera, Kalanchoe laciniata is common; so is the white Cyperacea on barren spots! I met with Sarcostemma ciliatum; Wall.? petalis extus viridescent, intus ciliisque purpuro sanguinies, but it is rare. Cardiospermum pubescens is certainly distinct, the flowers are twice as ...
— Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The - Neighbouring Countries • William Griffith



Words linked to "Sarcostemma" :   haoma, dicot genus, family Asclepiadaceae, milkweed family, genus Sarcostemma, soma, Sarcostemma acidum, Asclepiadaceae, magnoliopsid genus



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