Cynanchum daltonii

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|image = Cynanchum daltonii (3).jpg

|image_caption = Flowers on Fogo

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn|url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/107424111/107468117|page = e.T107424111A107468117|title = Cynanchum daltonii |author = Catarino, S. |author2 = Duarte, M.C. |author3 = Romeiras, M.M. |name-list-style = amp |year = 2017 |journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|access-date = 25 January 2019|doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107424111A107468117.en}}

|taxon = Cynanchum daltonii

|authority = (Decne.) Liede & Meve

|synonyms =

• Sarcostemma daltonii Decne.
• Sarcostemma nudum C.Sm. ex Decne.

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Cynanchum daltonii (Decne.) Liede & Meve |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77120421-1 |access-date=2023-02-03 }}

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Cynanchum daltonii, synonym Sarcostemma daltonii, is a species of flowering plants of the family Apocynaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : [http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/opencms8/export/sites/medioambiente/piac/galerias/descargas/Documentos/Publicaciones/Publicaciones-LPESCaboVerde.pdf Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.] Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 46 The specific name refers to Joseph Dalton Hooker. The species was named by Joseph Decaisne, as Sarcostemma daltonii, in 1849. Its local name is gestiba.[http://www.caboverde.com/nature/plan-04.jpg Plantas endémicas e arvores indígenas de Cabo Verde] The plant is used in traditional medicine to relieve and treat dental problems.{{cite web|last=Gomes|first=Alda Roque|last2=Vasconcelos|first2=Teresa|last3=Almeida|first3=Helena Guimarães de|url=http://www2.iict.pt/archive/doc/MH_Almeida_wrkshp_plts_medic.pdf|title=Plantas na medicina tradicional de Cabo Verde|trans-title=Traditional Medicinal Plants in Cape Verde|publisher=Plantas Medicinais e Fitoterapêuticas nos Trópicos, IICT/CCCM|page=7|language=pt|date=31 October 2008}}