Status:
valid
                
                
                    
Authors:
(Lindl.) G.Nicholson
                
                
                    
Source:
tro
                
                
                    
Year:
1886
                
                
                    
Citation Micro:
Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 96 (1886)
                
                
                    
WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001102866
                
             
            
            
                
                
                
            
            
            
                                    
                        Common Names
                        
                        - Philibertia campanulata
 - Climbing Milkweed
 - Tiger's Claw
                         
                     
                                
                
                    
                    
                    
                
                
                
                
                                                    
                        Description
                        
                            Philibertia campanulata (also called bell-shaped philibertia, among many other common names) is a shrub native to East Asia. It has ovate leaves and white flowers. It prefers moist soils and is commonly found in woodlands and thickets.                        
                     
                                
                                    
                        Uses & Benefits
                        
                            Philibertia campanulata is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat fever, headache, and malaria. It is also used as an ornamental plant in gardens.                        
                     
                                
                                                    
                        Flower, Seeds and Seedlings
                        
                            Philibertia campanulata has small white flowers with five petals and yellow anthers. The seeds are small, black and round. The seedlings have a single pair of cotyledons.                        
                     
                                
                
                
                                                    
                        Where to Find Philibertia campanulata
                        
                            Philibertia campanulata can be found in Mexico and parts of Central America.                        
                     
                
                
                                    
                        Species in the Philibertia genus
                        
                            Philibertia alba, 
Philibertia urceolata, 
Philibertia zongoensis, 
Philibertia solanoides, 
Philibertia gilliesii, 
Philibertia campanulata, 
Philibertia picta, 
Philibertia stipitata, 
Philibertia lysimachioides, 
Philibertia fiebrigii, 
Philibertia globiflora, 
Philibertia fontellae, 
Philibertia boliviana, 
Philibertia velutina, 
Philibertia parviflora, 
Philibertia candolleana, 
Philibertia peruviana, 
Philibertia bicornuta, 
Philibertia discolor, 
Philibertia volcanensis, 
Philibertia micrantha, 
Philibertia tubata, 
Philibertia cionophora, 
Philibertia amblystigma, 
Philibertia multiflora, 
Philibertia tactila, 
Philibertia speciosa, 
Philibertia latiflora, 
Philibertia longistyla, 
Philibertia boliviensis, 
Philibertia mitophora, 
Philibertia tucumanensis, 
Philibertia tomentosa, 
Philibertia affinis, 
Philibertia subnivea, 
Philibertia suberecta, 
Philibertia religiosa, 
Philibertia barbata, 
Philibertia nivea, 
Philibertia coalita, 
Philibertia castillonii,                         
 
                     
                                                    
                        Species in the Apocynaceae family
                        
                            Acokanthera laevigata, 
Acokanthera oblongifolia, 
Acokanthera oppositifolia, 
Acokanthera rotundata, 
Acokanthera schimperi, 
Adenium boehmianum, 
Adenium multiflorum, 
Adenium obesum, 
Adenium oleifolium, 
Adenium swazicum, 
Adenium dhofarense, 
Aganosma breviloba, 
Aganosma cymosa, 
Aganosma gracilis, 
Aganosma lacei, 
Aganosma petelotii, 
Aganosma schlechteriana, 
Aganosma siamensis, 
Aganosma wallichii, 
Aganosma heynei, 
Alafia alba, 
Alafia barteri, 
Alafia benthamii, 
Alafia berrieri, 
Alafia calophylla, 
Alafia caudata, 
Alafia erythrophthalma, 
Alafia falcata, 
Alafia fuscata, 
Alafia insularis, 
Alafia intermedia, 
Alafia landolphioides, 
Alafia lucida, 
Alafia microstylis, 
Alafia multiflora, 
Alafia nigrescens, 
Alafia orientalis, 
Alafia parciflora, 
Alafia pauciflora, 
Alafia perrieri, 
Alafia schumannii, 
Alafia thouarsii, 
Alafia vallium, 
Alafia verschuereni, 
Alafia whytei, 
Alafia zambesiaca, 
Allamanda calcicola, 
Allamanda angustifolia, 
Allamanda blanchetii, 
Allamanda cathartica,