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Apocynaceae
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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