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Xysmalobium undulatum (Xysmalobium undulatum)

Description

Xysmalobium undulatum ( L.) Aiton,commonly known as uzara,also wild cotton,milk or bitterhout bush in Afrikaans,is a kind of medicinal herb genus Xysmalobium belonging to the family Asclepiadaceae native to southern Africa.This plant grows up to a meter high and has a strong flower stalk with opposing leaves that discharge milky latex when they break.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Gentianales

            • Family: Apocynaceae

              • Genus: Xysmalobium