Botanical family · Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
51 species in this family
The dogbane family (now including milkweeds), found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate regions. Produces alkaloids of immense pharmaceutical importance including vincristine (anti-cancer) and cardiac glycosides. Includes frangipani (Plumeria), oleander (Nerium), and periwinkle (Catharanthus).
- White or coloured milky latex
- Twisted flower bud (contorted aestivation)
- Paired follicle fruits, seeds often hairy
Species in APOCYNACEAE
- desert roseAdenium obesum
- Forest AganosmaAganosma cymosa var. cymosa
- Purple AllamandaAllamanda blanchetii
- Golden Trumpet Vine, Common allamandaAllamanda cathartica
- Bush AllamandaAllamanda neriifolia
- Bush AllamandaAllamanda schottii
- DeviltreeAlstonia macrophylla
- Scholar Tree, Devil Tree, Shaitaanwood Tree, Blackboard Tree, Milkwood Pine, White Cheesewood, Dita Bark, Seven leaved treeAlstonia scholaris
- Venenous AlstoniaAlstonia venenata
- LantaniAnodendron paniculatum
- Large Bell FlowerBeaumontia grandiflora
- Nepal Trumpet FlowersBeaumontia jerdoniana
- Christ's Thorn, Bengal Currants, Jasmine flowered CarissaCarissa carandas
- Bush PlumCarissa inermis
- Bush PlumCarissa paucinervia
- Bush PlumCarissa spinarum
- Yellow Oleander, Bestill treeCascabela thevetia
- Indian PeriwinkleCatharanthus pusillus
- Periwinkle, Rose periwinkleCatharanthus roseus
- Grey Milkwood, Sea Mango, Katasaali (H), Chandemara (K)Cerbera manghas
- Odollum Tree, Dog-bane, Chiute, Grey Milkwood, Sea MangoCerbera odollam
- Frangipani VineChonemorpha fragrans
- Kurchi, Tellicherry bark, Bitter Oleander, Easter Tree, Jasmine Tree, Coessi bark, Ivory treeHolarrhena pubescens
- Slender Dog-Bane, Black creeperIchnocarpus frutescens
- Shrub Vinca, Pink Kopsia, Pink GardeniaKopsia fruticosa
- MandevillaMandevilla sanderi
- Oleander Tree, Indian Oleander, Sweet Scented Oleander, Rose bayNerium oleander
- Madagascar PalmPachypodium lamerei
- Spiral-vined SilkpodParsonsia alboflavescens
- Hammock Viper's-tailPentalinon luteum
- Temple tree, White champa, Dwarf Plumeria, Cyban FrangipiniPlumeria obtusa
- Fiddle Leaf PlumeriaPlumeria pudica
- Red Frangipini, Temple of Pagoda Tree, FrangipaniPlumeria rubra
- Common Devil PepperRauvolfia densiflora
- Indian Snakeroot, Rauvolfia root, Serpentine wood, SerpentineRauvolfia serpentina
- Garden RauvolfiaRauvolfia tetraphylla
- Kombe TailflowerStrophanthus kombe
- East Indian Rosebay, Pinwheel flowerTabernaemontana divaricata
- Nilgiri Crape JasmineTabernaemontana gamblei
- giant pinwheel-flowerTabernaemontana pachysiphon
- RamsarVallaris solanacea
- lesser periwinkleVinca minor
- Arctic SnowWrightia antidysenterica
- Woolly Dyeing RosebayWrightia arborea
- Milky Way Tree, Pala Indigo Plant, Sweet indrajaoWrightia tinctoria
- Milky Way Tree, Pala Indigo Plant, Sweet indrajaoWrightia tinctoria subsp. rothii
- Aganosma caryophyllata
- Carissa salicina
- Chilocarpus atroviridis
- Ellertonia rheedii
- Ervatamia heyneana
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