| Accepted name: |
Apocynum cannabinum L. var. cannabinum |
| Synonym(s): |
-Apocynum hypericifolium Ait.
-Apocynum urceolifer G.S. Miller
-Apocynum nemorale G.S. Miller
-Apocynum cannabinum var. angustifolium (Woot.) N. Holmgren
-Apocynum cannabinum var. greeneanum (Bég. & Bel.) Woods.
-Apocynum cannabinum var. nemorale (G.S. Mill.) Fern.
-Apocynum pubescens R. Br.
-Apocynum cannabinum var. suksdorfii (Greene) Bég. & Bel.
-Apocynum cannabinum L. var. hypericifolium A.Gray
-Apocynum pubescens Mitchell ex R. Br.
-Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.
-Apocynum sibiricum var. cordigerum (Greene) Fern.
-Apocynum sibiricum var. farwellii (Greene) Fern.
-Apocynum sibiricum var. salignum (Greene) Fern.
-Apocynum suksdorfii Greene
-Apocynum cannabinum var.pubescens (Mitchell ex R. Br.) Woods.
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| English names: |
Hemp Dogbane
Hemp Dogbane
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| French names: |
Apocyn chanvrin
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HAPOCAC
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In Russia as medicinal plant and experimentally as fibre plant cultivated. In Korea it is grown for medicinal purposes and as fibre and fodder plant.The dried rhizomes and roots are used medicinally. The fibres of the bark are used by Indians for making cordage, ropes, fishing-lines, fishing nets and sails; the latex serves as a source of chewing gum(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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