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Apocynum pictum - Schrenk

Common Name Kendyr
Family Apocynaceae
USDA hardiness 4-9
Known Hazards None Known
Habitats Salt-barren areas, desert margins, riversides[266].
Range Central Asia - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, western China, Mongolia
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Other Uses    (3 of 5)
Weed Potential No
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Care (info)
Fully Hardy Moist Soil Full shade Semi-shade Full sun
Apocynum pictum Kendyr


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Summary


Physical Characteristics

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Apocynum pictum is a PERENNIAL growing to 2 m (6ft) by 0.3 m (1ft in) at a fast rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 5. The flowers are pollinated by Bees, Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies).
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in saline soils.
It can grow in full shade (deep woodland) semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

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Synonyms

Apocynum grandiflorum Danguy. Apocynum hendersonii Hook.f. Poacynum hendersonii (Hook.f.) Woodson. Poacynum pictum (Schrenk) Baill.

Plant Habitats

Edible Uses

None known

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Medicinal Uses

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The leaves yield up to 5% gum (?latex), which is used for making a medicine used as a sedative and to treat hypertension[266]. The species has fragrant flowers and is grown as a honey plant[266].

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Other Uses

Agroforestry Uses: The fragrant flowers are a good source of honey for bees[266 ]. Other Uses: The strong bast fibres obtained from the inner bark are used in making cloth, strings, sails, fishing nests, and high-quality paper[266 ]. The leaves yield up to 5% gum, which is used for making rubber[266 ]. Carbon Farming: Industrial Crop: fiber. The dogbane-milkweed family Asclepias, Apocynum, Calotropis, and Trachomitum spp) has been used for fiber industrial crops for millennia with a number in cultivation as regional crops. All of these crops are dual-purpose fibres, offering bast fibres from the stem and seed fiber or ‘floss’ in the fruit pods. Many have also been identified as potential hydrocarbon crops due to high latex content. Could be integrated into various agroforestry systems rather than as monocultures [1-1].

Special Uses

Carbon Farming

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Cultivation details

Industrial Crop: Fiber  Management: Hay  Regional Crop

Species in this genus generally succeed in sun or shade in most well-drained but moisture-retentive soils[1 , 200 ]. The species has fragrant flowers and is grown as a honey plant[266 ]. Apocynum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the mouse moth and the Queen butterfly. Climate: cold to warm temperate. Humidity: arid to semi-arid. Carbon Farming - Cultivation: regional crop. Management: hay.

Carbon Farming

  • Industrial Crop: Fiber  Clothing, rugs, sheets, blankets etc. Currently, almost none of our fiber are produced from perennial crops but could be!
  • Management: Hay  Cut to the ground and harvested annually. Non-destructive management systems maintaining the soil organic carbon.
  • Regional Crop  These crops have been domesticated and cultivated regionally but have not been adopted elsewhere and are typically not traded globally, Examples in this broad category include perennial cottons and many nuts and staple fruits.

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Plant Propagation

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in late summer and overwintered outdoors. The seed requires a period of cold stratification if it is to germinate well[238]. Prick out the seedlings when large enough to handle and grow them on in a cold frame for their first winter, planting out in late spring of the following year[K] . Division in spring just before active growth begins[200]. Plants can also be divided in the autumn[238].

Other Names

If available other names are mentioned here

Dogbane or Indian hemp

Native Range

TEMPERATE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China (Gansu Sheng, Qinghai Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu)

Weed Potential

Right plant wrong place. We are currently updating this section. Please note that a plant may be invasive in one area but may not in your area so it’s worth checking.

None Known

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status : This taxon has not yet been assessed

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Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

 

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