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Gomphocarpus fruticosus

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Family: Apocynaceae · Genus: Gomphocarpus

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

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Gomphocarpus fruticosus is a species of plant native to South Africa. It is also common in Australia and New Zealand where it is a host of the monarch butterfly. The plant's tissues contain sufficient cardenolides that consumption of significant quantities of the plant's leaves, stems, or fruit may lead to death in livestock and humans.

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Growing details and traits for Gomphocarpus fruticosus in the Library.

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