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Asclepiadaceae
See also Clusiaceae ; Herbal medicines
General information
Genera in the family of Asclepiadaceae ( Table 1 ) include milkweed and periploca. Many of them contain cardiac glycosides.
Table 1
Genera of Asclepiadaceae
| Araujia (araujia) |
| Asclepias (milkweed) |
| Calotropis (calotropis) |
| Cryptostegia (rubbervine) |
| Cynanchum (swallow-wort) |
| Funastrum (twinevine) |
| Gonolobus (gonolobus) |
| Hoya (hoya) |
| Marsdenia (marsdenia) |
| Matelea (milkvine) |
| Metaplexis (metaplexis) |
| Morrenia (morrenia) |
| Xysmalobium |
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