Plants in Israel: Montpellier scamony plant
Cynanchum acutum, Montpellier scamony plant, Stranglevine, Siberian swallow-wart,
Hebrew: חנק מחודד, Arabic: مديد, Egypt: “Moddeid”
| Scientific name: | Cynanchum acutum L. | |
| Common name: | Montpellier scamony plant, Stranglevine, Siberian swallow-wart | |
| Hebrew name: | חנק מחודד | |
| Arabic name: | مديد | |
| Egypt: | “Moddeid” | |
| Plant Family: | Asclepiadaceae, אסקלפיים |
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| Life form: | Phanerophyte shrub, climber | |
| Stems: | Ascending, twining, richly branched. Shoots herbaceous, sparsely to densely covered with flexuous trichomes, 0.5-0.75 mm long | |
| Leaves: | Opposite, entire | |
| Flowers: | Pink | |
| Fruits / pods: | Follicles fusiform to narrowly oblong, round in cross section, apically strongly beaked, light brown, longitudinally grooved, glabrous | |
| Flowering Period: | June, July, August, September | |
| Habitat: | Humid habitats | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Med – Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Cynanchum, Greek, kynos, a dog; ancho, to strangle. Some of the species of these twining herbs and herbs and sub-shrubs are poisonous. acutum, with a sharp but not a tapering point.
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