Ventilago

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Ventilago viminalis00.jpg

|image_caption = Ventilago viminalis

|taxon = Ventilago

|authority = Gaertn.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms = * Apteron Kurz

  • Enrila Blanco
  • Kurzinda Kuntze

}}

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Ventilago is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It includes about 40 species found in the tropics of South and SE Asia, Australasia, with one species each in Africa and Madagascar.

The roots of Ventilago neocaledonica are used in Vanuatu to produce a crimson red dye (known in some local languages as labwa{{which lang|reason=many languages in Vanuatu|date=September 2019}} or labwe{{which lang|reason=many languages in Vanuatu|date=September 2019}} which is used to pattern traditional textiles.

Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:33543-1 Plants of the World Online: Ventilago Gaertn. (retrieved 19 March 2021)]

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Category:Rhamnaceae

Category:Rhamnaceae genera