''Amphineurion'' is a genus of plants in the family
Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1948. It contains only one known species, ''Amphineurion marginatum'', native to
Cambodia, S
China
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(
Guangdong,
Hainan),
India,
Indonesia,
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
,
Malaysia,
Philippines,
Thailand and
Vietnam.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 168 香花藤 xiang hua teng ''Aganosma marginata'' (Roxburgh) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 77. 1837. ]
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Description & habitat
''Aganosma marginata'' is a liana
A liana is a long- stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. The word ''liana'' does not refer to a ta ...
that can grow up to in length. When young, it sometimes forms a shrub with arching branches.[ Its habitats are mountain forests and seashore thickets.][
]
Uses
In times of famine, including during the Khmer Rouge
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regime years, the people of Cambodia eat the young leaves and stem of this climber, called ''krâllam' paè'' or ''trâllam' paè'' in Khmer language.menstruation
Menstruation (also known as a period, among other colloquial terms) is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. The menstrual cycle is characterized by the rise and fall of hor ...
problems.
References
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Flora of Asia
Monotypic Apocynaceae genera
Apocyneae
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