Holarrhena pubescens

Holarrhena pubescens
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
Wall. ex G.Don 1837
Synonyms
  • Echites pubescens Buch.-Ham. 1822, illegitimate homonym, not Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. 1819
  • Chonemorpha pubescens (Wall.) G.Don
  • Elytropus pubescens (Wall.) Miers
  • Echites adglutinatus Burm.f.
  • Echites antidysentericus Roth 1819, illegitimate homonym, not (L.) Roxb. ex Fleming 1810
  • Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall. 1829, invalid name published without description, also illegitimate homonym, not (L.) Wall. 1829
  • Holarrhena codaga G.Don
  • Holarrhena villosa Aiton ex Loudon
  • Holarrhena malaccensis Wight
  • Physetobasis macrocarpa Hassk.
  • Holarrhena febrifuga Klotzsch
  • Holarrhena glabra Klotzsch
  • Holarrhena tettensis Klotzsch
  • Holarrhena macrocarpa (Hassk.) Fern.-Vill.
  • Holarrhena fischeri K.Schum.
  • Holarrhena perrotii Spire
  • Holarrhena pierrei Spire
  • Nerium sinense W.Hunter
  • Holarrhena glaberrima Markgr.

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. Holarrhena pubescens is sometimes confused with the species Wrightia antidysenterica due to a second, taxonomically invalid publication of the name Holarrhena pubescens. In Cambodia, it is called /tɨk dɑh kʰlaː thɔm/ ទឹកដោះខ្លាធំ big tiger milk or /kʰlaɛɲ kŭəŋ/ ខ្លែងគង់ invulnerable kite. These seeds are sold as indraja (इनद्राजा) for Ayurvedic medicine in India.