Holarrhena pubescens

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Holarrhena pubescens flowers & leaves W IMG 0293.jpg

|image_caption = Holarrhena pubescens flowers & leaves

|genus = Holarrhena

|species = pubescens

|authority = Wall. ex G.Don 1837

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = *Echites pubescens Buch.-Ham. 1822, illegitimate homonym, not Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. 1819

• Chonemorpha pubescens (Wall.) G.Don
• Elytropus pubescens (Wall.) Miers
• Echites adglutinatus Burm.f.
• Echites antidysentericus Roth 1819, illegitimate homonym, not (L.) Roxb. ex Fleming 1810
• Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall. 1829, invalid name published without description, also illegitimate homonym, not (L.) Wall. 1829
• Holarrhena codaga G.Don
• Holarrhena villosa Aiton ex Loudon
• Holarrhena malaccensis Wight
• Physetobasis macrocarpa Hassk.
• Holarrhena febrifuga Klotzsch
• Holarrhena glabra Klotzsch
• Holarrhena tettensis Klotzsch
• Holarrhena macrocarpa (Hassk.) Fern.-Vill.
• Holarrhena fischeri K.Schum.
• Holarrhena perrotii Spire
• Holarrhena pierrei Spire
• Nerium sinense W.Hunter
• Holarrhena glaberrima Markgr.

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Holarrhena pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to central and southern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and parts of China.{{Cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=99622|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens|location=Kew|website=apps.kew.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-08-07}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000702|title=Holarrhena pubescens | work = Flora of China|publisher = eFloras.org |access-date=2017-08-07}}{{cite report | vauthors = Da Silva MC, Izidine S, Amude AB | title = A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique | publisher = Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report (SABONET) | issue = 30 | pages = 1–184 | location = Pretoria | url = http://opus.sanbi.org/bitstream/20.500.12143/5819/1/Da_Silva_et_al_2004.pdf }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Strugnell AM | title = A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. | journal = National Botanic Garden of Belgium | date = 2006 | volume = 34 | pages = 1–199 | url = https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201300113708 }}{{cite journal | vauthors = Middleton DJ | title = Apocynaceae (subfamilies Rauvolfioideae and Apocynoideae). | journal = Flora Malesiana | series = Series 1, Spermatophyta. | date = January 2007 | volume = 18 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–52 | publisher = Noordhoff-Kolff N.V. | location = Djakarta }}{{cite report | vauthors = Timberlake JR, Bayliss J, Alves T, Francisco J, Harris T, Nangoma D, de Sousa C | title = Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. | series = Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award | date = 2009 | volume = 15 | issue = 36 | pages = 1–71 | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens | location = Kew }}{{cite book | vauthors = Middleton DJ | date = 2011 | title = Flora of peninsular Malaysia, II | volume = 2 | pages = 1–235 | publisher = Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia }} In Cambodia, it is called /tɨk dɑh kʰlaː thɔm/ ទឹកដោះខ្លាធំ big tiger milk or /kʰlaɛɲ kŭəŋ/ ខ្លែងគង់ invulnerable kite.{{cite book | vauthors = Leti M, Hul S, Fouché JG, Cheng SK, David B | title = Flore photographique du Cambodge | trans-title =Photographic Flora of Cambodia | language = French | date = 2013 | page = 81 | publisher = Editions Privat }} These seeds are sold as indraja (इनद्राजा) for Ayurvedic medicine in India.

File:Pollen grains of Holarrhena pubescens.jpg