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Apocynum cannabinum (dogbane, amy root, hemp dogbane, prairie dogbane, Indian hemp, rheumatism root, or wild cotton) [4] is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows throughout much of North America—in the southern half of Canada and throughout the United States. It is poisonous to humans, dogs, cats, and horses. All parts of the plant are ...
Apocynaceae (/ ə ˌ p ɑː s ə ˈ n eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /, from Apocynum, Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, [1] because some taxa were used as dog poison.
The earliest reference to such names in common English usage was in the 16th century, [1] in which they were applied to various plants in the Apocynaceae, in particular Apocynum. Some plants in the Asclepiadoideae , now a subfamily of the Apocynaceae, but until recently regarded as the separate family Asclepiadaceae , were also called dogbane ...
Apocynum, commonly known as dogbane [2] or Indian hemp, [2] is a small genus of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae. Its name comes from Ancient Greek ἀπόκυνον apókunon , from ἀπο- apo- "away" and κύων kúōn "dog", [ 3 ] referring to dogbane ( Cionura erecta ), [ 4 ] which was used to poison dogs. [ 5 ]
Apocynum androsaemifolium is a perennial herb with branching stems, hairs on the underside of the leaves, and no hair on the stems. [3] [4] [5] It grows to 20–30 centimetres (8–12 inches), exceptionally 50 cm (20 in).
Adenium obesum, more commonly known as a desert rose, is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to the tribe Nerieae of the subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. [3] It is native to the Sahel regions south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan ), tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa ...
It is a common feeder on Apocynum cannabinum (dogbane, Indian hemp) which produces a milky latex containing cardenolides, toxic cardiac glycoside that defend against herbivores. [1] It also feeds on milkweed species, Asclepias , at least in parts of its range, but is most commonly reported from dogbane .
Apocynoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae (order Gentianales), also called the 'dogbane' or milkweed family, containing about 860 species across 78 genera. Several are of pharmacological interest; Strophanthus has furnished highly effective arrow poisons , due to their cardiac glycoside content. [ 3 ]