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| Acokanthera Adenium Aganonerion Aganosma Alafia Allamanda Allomarkgrafia Allowoodsonia Alstonia Alyxia Amocalyx Ambelania Amsonia Ancylobotrys Anechites Angadenia Anodendron Apocynum Arduina Artia Asketanthera Aspidosperma Baissea Beaumontia Bousigonia Cabucala Callichilia Calocrater Cameraria Carissa Carpodinus Carruthersia Carvalhoa Catharanthus Cerbera Cerberiopsis Chamaeclitandra Chilocarpus Chonemorpha Cleghornia Clitandra Condylocarpon Couma Craspidospermum Crioceras Cycladenia Cyclocotyla Cylindropsis Delphyodon Dewevrella Dictyophleba Dipladenia Diplorhynchus Dyera Ecdysanthera Echites Elytropus Epigynium Eucorymbia Farquharia Fernaldia Forsteronia Funtumia Galactophora Geissospermum Gonioma Grisseea Hancornia Haplophyton Himatanthus Holarrhena Hunteria Hymenolophus Ichnocarpus Isonema Ixodonerium Kamettia Kibatalia Kopsia Lacmellea Landolphia Laubertia Laxoplumeria Lepinia Lepiniopsis Leuconotis Lochnera Lyonsia Macoubea Macropharynx Macrosiphonia Malouetia Mandevilla Mascarenhasia Melodinus Mesechites Micrechtites Microplumeria Molongum Mortoniella Motandra Mucoa Neobracea Neocouma Nerium Nouettea Ochrosia Odontadenia Oncinotis Orthopichonia Pachypodium Pachouria Papuechites Parahancornia Parameria Parepigynum Parsonsia Peltastes Pentalinon Petchia Picralima Plectaneia Pleiocarpa Pleioceras Plumeria Pottsia Prestonia Pycnobotrya Quiotania Rauwolfia Rhabdadenia Rhazya Rhigospira Rhodocalyx Rhyncodia Saba Salpinctes Schizozygia Secondatia Sindechites Skytanthus Spirolobium Spongiosperma Stemmadenia Stephanostegia Stephanostema Stipecoma Strempeliopsis Strophanthus Tabernaemontana Tabernanthe Temnadenia Thenardia Thevetia Tintinnabularia Trachelospermum Urceola Urnularia Vahadenia Vallariopsis Vallaris Vallesia Vinca Voacanga Willughbeia Woytkowskia Wrightia Xylinabaria Xylinabariopsis |
The Apocynaceae Family is composed of trees and shrubs with milky sap. The Family includes 1,500 species divided in 164 genera. The leaves are usually opposite and decussate, or whorled with no stipules. Flowers, aggregated in inflorescences are bisexual, with synsepalous, 5-lobed calyx.
Several plants of this family had economic uses in the past. The genera Carpodinus, Landolphia, Mascarenhasia were an inferior commercial source of rubber. The species Carissa carandas is an edible fruit known as Natal plum. The milk sap of the Namibian Pachypodium was used in the past by the Bushmen as a venom to dip their arrows into.
