| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Trachomitum |
| Editor | S. Rilke |
| Scientific name: | Trachomitum scabrum (Russanov) Pobed. |
| Name acc. to: | Flora of Pakistan: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250077077 |
| Synonym: | Apocynum scabrum Russanov (acc. to Flora of Pakistan) |
| Synonym: | Apocynum venetum |
| Synonym: | Trachomitum venetum subsp. scarbrum (Russan.) Rech. f. (acc. to Flora Iranica 103, 1974. ) |
| Description: | Perennial slender herb, 80-150 cm, glabrous but upper parts sometimes hairy. Leaves linear, ovate-elliptic or oblong, 2-5 x 0.5-2 cm, entire or crenate. Inflorescence few flowered; flower campaunulate, corolla 3-4 x4-6 mm, purplish, pedicel filiform, 2-3 mm long, pubescent; calyx-tube about 2 mm long.
Type: Amu Darya, Kopet Dagh, (LE). |
| Tax. Comments: | Flora of Pakistan following the Flora Iranica and lists the taxon as a subspecies. In Flora of China Apocynum venetum is prefered. Its english name is sword-leaf dogbane. |
| Comments: | It is poisonous.
Uses: as a source of fiber medicine; nectar source for production of honey...
Distribution: South East Europe, temperate Asia Anatolia to China and Iran, Australia. |