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Taxon:
Heliotropium aegyptiacum
Lehm.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Heliotropium
Family:
Heliotropiaceae
Nomen number:
418381
Place of publication:
Sem. hort. bot. hamburg. 1824:20. 1824
Verified:
04/09/2001
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Heliotropium cinerascens
Steud. ex A. DC.
Heliotropium pallens
Delile
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Reference(s)
Boulos, L.
1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
Boulos, L.
1999-. Flora of Egypt
Migahid, A. M.
1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Djibouti
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Djibouti
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Saudi Arabia
,
Yemen
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
as
H. cinerascens
Schoental, R. & A. Coady.
1968. The hepatotoxicity of some Ethiopian and East African plants, including some used in traditional medicines. E. African Med. J. 45:577-580.
Name
References