Article Nº 0293 Plant Vol. I · p. 175
Silk tree (Gonphocarpus fruticosus)
Original title: Árvore da Seda (Gonphocarpus fruticosus)
Milkweed shrub (Gomphocarpus fruticosus) common in Madeira's lower zones, with silky-haired seeds.
A small milky shrub of the family Asclepiadaceae, fairly common in the lower zones of Madeira. It produces large, swollen, finely spiny follicles, with seeds bearing a pappus of long, silky hairs.