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Echium vulcanorum
About
Echium vulcanorum is a species of flowering plants of the family Boraginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It is listed as an endangered plant by the IUCN. The species was first described in 1935 by Auguste Chevalier. Its local name is língua-de-vaca, a name that may also refer to the related species Echium hypertropicum and Echium stenosiphon. The oil of its seeds contains γ-linolenic acid, and is used for medicinal and dietary purposes.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Echium vulcanorum
- Slug
- echium-vulcanorum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Echium
- Species
- vulcanorum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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