Amphineurion

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Apocyneae
Subtribus: Amphineuriinae
Genus: Amphineurion
Species: A. marginatum
Name

Amphineurion (A.DC.) Pichon , Bull. Soc. Bot. France 95: 215 (1948)

Basionym
Aganosma sect. Amphineurion A.DC. Prodr. 8: 433. (1844)

References

Pichon, M. 1948. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 96(5–6): 215–216.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Amphineurion in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Sep 18. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Amphineurion in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 July 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Amphineurion. Published online. Accessed: July 7 2016.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amphineurion in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Amphineurion is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1948. It contains only one known species, Amphineurion marginatum, native to Cambodia, S China (Guangdong, Hainan), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.[1][2][3]
Description & habitat

Aganosma marginata is a liana that can grow up to 8 metres (26 ft) in length. When young, it sometimes forms a shrub with arching branches.[4] Its habitats are mountain forests and seashore thickets.[2]

Uses

In times of famine, including during the Khmer Rouge regime years, the people of Cambodia eat the young leaves and stem of this climber, called krâllam' paè or trâllam' paè in Khmer language.[5] Various parts of the plant are also used in traditional medicine to treat a number of ailments, including menstruation problems.

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 168 香花藤 xiang hua teng Aganosma marginata (Roxburgh) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 77. 1837.
Middleton, D.J. (2011). Flora of peninsular Malaysia , II, 2: 1–235. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia.
Middleton, David J. (September 2004). "Aganosma marginata (Roxb.) G.Don". In Soepadmo, E.; Saw, L. G.; Chung, R. C. K. (eds.). Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions). 5. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. p. 10. ISBN 983-2181-59-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
Pauline Dy Phon (2000). Plants Utilised In Cambodia/Plantes utilisées au Cambodge. Phnom Penh: Imprimerie Olympic. pp. 14, 15.