Cynanchum viminale

Cynanchum viminale

''Cynanchum viminale'' is a leafless succulent plant in the family Apocynaceae. The species is native to West Africa, the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific region. The species' natural range extends from South Africa throughout much of Africa and the Middle East to India, Indochina, Southern China, Indomalaya and into Meganesia. The species is also found on several Indian Oceans islands including Mauritius, Réunion and the Seychelles.

In keeping with its wide distribution, the species is known by a range of common names, including caustic-creeper, caustic bush, sacred soma, soma, rou shan hu, Rapunzel plant, liane calle and kitupa.
Cynanchum viminale (Bloom) Plant is Succulent and xeric action, need more sunlight to bloom and once it blooms it will stare up to several days, This species is endemic to deccan plateau. Cynanchum,Cynanchum viminale,Geotagged,India,Succulent,Wild Karnataka,Wild flowers,bloom,blooming,deccan,flower,flowering plant,incredible india

Appearance

''Cynanchum viminale'' is a leafless succulent plant with cylindrical, green photosynthetic stems. The plant may grow as a shrub or a scandent vine. The stems produce copious amounts of milky exudate when broken. This exudate is caustic in nature and can cause burns if it contacts human skin. The plant produces small white flowers in clusters. Flowers are followed by long pods which produce numerous seeds with silky plumes that aid in wind dispersal. The environmental range of the species is very broad, extending from rainforest margins and monsoon forests to arid deserts.

Toxicity appears to be variable, even locally. The plant is known to cause poisoning and death in livestock.
Caustic bush - Cynanchum viminale subsp. australe Trailer or climber with stems to 6 m long, or sometimes a compact much-branched shrub to 2 m high; stems green or grey-green, young parts minutely hairy. Leaves opposite, scale-like, internodes long. Umbels 2–10-flowered; pedicels 3–6 mm long. Flowers 6–8 mm diam., pale yellow or whitish. Australia,Cynanchum viminale,Geotagged,Spring

Food

In Kenya, it is considered quality forage; in Somalia and South Africa the stems are eaten by humans, either raw or cooked.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderGentianales
FamilyApocynaceae
GenusCynanchum
SpeciesC. viminale
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Australia
India