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Cionura erecta

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Grisebach

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Bulgaria
• Cyprus
• Greece
• Iran
• Iraq
• Lebanon
• Syria
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Yugoslavia

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug (Syria)

Fruiting Times

Glabrous twining or erect shrub with 100mm long clusters or cymes of 15mm fragrant white flowers, pointed fruit capsule to 75mm long

The milky sap is very poisonous & can cause blistering

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• de Candolle
• WFO
• G. Don
• Kew