Apocynaceae

Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne.

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Leptadenia

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Leptadenia pyrotechnica: Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Asclepiadaceae, now Apocynaceae) on a dune near Oursi, Burkina Faso. — Photo: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Arabic: مرخ ناري, سدادة, مرخ
arz: مرخ نارى
Hausa: Namijin yadiya
Hebrew: מעלה עשן מדברי, מעלה עשן
Hindi: खींप
Persian: شحم

Synonyms

Cynanchum pyrotechnicum Forssk.
Gymnema spartium (Wight) Wall.
Leptadenia jacquemontiana Decne.
Leptadenia spartium Wight
Microloma angustifolium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.
Microloma pyrotechnicum (Forssk.) Spreng.
Periploca pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Spreng. ex Decne.
Sarcostemma pyrotechnicum (Forssk.) Schult.

Photos

Photo: Marco Schmidt, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: LRBurdak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dbxsoul, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dbxsoul, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dbxsoul, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dbxsoul, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dbxsoul, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.