See also Herbal medicines

General information

Genera in the family of Apocynaceae ( Table 1 ) include dogbane, oleander, and periwinkle.

Table 1
Genera of Apocynaceae
Adenium (desert rose) Landolphia (landolphia)
Allamanda (allamanda) Lepinia
Alstonia (alstonia) Macrosiphonia (rock trumpet)
Alyxia (alyxia) Nerium (oleander)
Amsonia (blue star) Ochrosia (yellow wood)
Anechites (anechites) Pentalinon (pentalinon)
Angadenia (pineland golden trumpet) Plumeria (plumeria)
Apocynum (dogbane) Prestonia (prestonia)
Carissa (carissa) Pteralyxia (pteralyxia)
Catharanthus (periwinkle) Rauwolfia (devil’s pepper)
Cycladenia (waxy dogbane) Rhabdadenia (rhabdadenia)
Dyera (dyera) Saba (saba)
Echites (echites) Strophanthus (strophanthus)
Fernaldia (fernaldia) Tabernaemontana (milkwood)
Forsteronia (forsteronia) Thevetia (thevetia)
Funtumia (funtumia) Trachelospermum (trachelospermum)
Hancornia (hancornia) Vallesia (vallesia)
Haplophyton (haplophyton) Vinca (periwinkle)
Holarrhena (holarrhena)

Catharanthus species

See also Vinca alkaloids .

Dyera costulata

The dust from jelutong, the wood from Dyera costulata , which grows in South-East Asia, was associated with contact allergy in 16 of 84 woodwork teachers (19%) and four of 110 patients with dermatitis who were patch tested with an extract of the dust [ ].

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