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Cryptostegia

Cryptostegia logo #21000 Cryptostegia is a genus of flowering plants native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. The genus is in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. Cryptostegia includes three species of slender, many-stemmed, woody, perennial vines. When their stems or leaves are damaged they exude a milky latex that is extremely toxic to livestock; it contains cardiac glycos...
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Cryptostegia

Cryptostegia logo #10004(Rubber Vine) This is a beautiful vine found wild in tropical Africa and Madagascar. They can be grown outdoors in the far South or in warm conservatories. These plants contain rubber, but aren't commercially used for its production. C. grandiflora has purplish or reddish-purple flowers and C. madagascariensis has pink flowers. They both bloom in t...
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