Ventilago



Ventilago is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It includes about 40 species found in the tropics of South and SE Asia, Australasia, with one species each in Africa and Madagascar.

The roots of Ventilago neocaledonica are used in Vanuatu to produce a crimson red dye (known in some local languages as labwa or labwe which is used to pattern traditional textiles.

Species
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 * Ventilago africana Exell
 * Ventilago borneensis Ridl.
 * Ventilago brunnea Merr.
 * Ventilago buxoides Baill.
 * Ventilago calyculata Tul.
 * Ventilago crenata Cahen & Utteridge
 * Ventilago cristata Pierre
 * Ventilago denticulata Willd.
 * Ventilago dichotoma (Blanco) Merr.
 * Ventilago diffusa (G.Don) Exell
 * Ventilago ecorollata (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
 * Ventilago elegans Hemsl.
 * Ventilago ferruginea Cahen & Utteridge
 * Ventilago flavovirens Cahen & Utteridge
 * Ventilago gamblei Suess.
 * Ventilago gladiata Pierre
 * Ventilago goughii Gamble
 * Ventilago harmandiana Pierre
 * Ventilago inaequilateralis Merr. & Chun
 * Ventilago kurzii Ridl.
 * Ventilago lanceolata Merr.
 * Ventilago laotica (Tardieu) J.F.Maxwell
 * Ventilago leiocarpa Benth.
 * Ventilago leptadenia Tul.
 * Ventilago lucens Miq.
 * Ventilago madraspatana Gaertn.
 * Ventilago maingayi M.A.Lawson
 * Ventilago malaccensis Ridl.
 * Ventilago microcarpa K.Schum.
 * Ventilago multinervia Merr.
 * Ventilago neocaledonica Schltr.
 * Ventilago nisidai Kaneh.
 * Ventilago palawanensis Elmer
 * Ventilago papuana Merr. & L.M.Perry
 * Ventilago pauciflora Pit.
 * Ventilago pseudocalyculata Guillaumin
 * Ventilago pubiflora W.D.Francis
 * Ventilago viminalis Hook.
 * Ventilago vitiensis A.Gray
 * Ventilago zhengdei G.S.Fan