Strophanthus amboensis

(Schinz) Engl. & Pax (1892)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Strophanthus

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Wind

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Specimens

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 376 (1892)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Strophanthus amboensis Koloa, NTBG, Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, E bank of Lawai Stream Preserved_Specimen 3 m shrub; branches arching, decumbent, sap clear with rank odor; flower green calyx; corolla tube deep burgundy without, lobes yellow with purple appendages, odorless, 5 pm Lorence, D.H. 9519 Kauai BISH 2006-06-13
2 Strophanthus amboensis Koloa District, Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden; Medicinal plants section, along W side of Lawai Stram Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1.5 m tall w/sprawling, scandent stems. Sap clear, w/acrid smell. Calyx green, corolla tube purple, limb light yellow, white basally, staminodes purple. Lorence, D.H. 7599 Kauai BISH 1994-10-26