Apocynaceae
Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G.Don
Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G.Don
Holarrhena pubescens is an Apocynaceae flowering plant native to Africa and Asia, with uses in Ayurvedic medicine.
Pachypodium rosulatum Baker
Pachypodium rosulatum Baker
Pachypodium rosulatum Baker is a caudiciform succulent shrub native to Madagascar’s central plateau, adapted to drought.
Pachypodium lamerei Drake
Pachypodium lamerei Drake
Pachypodium lamerei is a distinctive succulent, often grown as a houseplant, that has received the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Pachypodium rutenbergianum Vatke
Pachypodium rutenbergianum Vatke
Pachypodium rutenbergianum is a Pachypodium species native to Madagascar, a succulent plant with white flowers.
Pachypodium brevicaule Baker
Pachypodium brevicaule Baker
Pachypodium brevicaule Baker is an Apocynaceae species native to Madagascar, adapted to acidic, high-altitude substrates.
Pachypodium densiflorum Baker
Pachypodium densiflorum Baker
Pachypodium densiflorum Baker is a spiny succulent with a fleshy caudex, deep green lanceolate leaves, and yellow flowers on long stalks.
Pachypodium geayi Costantin & Bois
Pachypodium geayi Costantin & Bois
Pachypodium geayi is a large succulent Apocynaceae species native to southwest Madagascar, with grey trunks, thorns, and white flowers.
Pachypodium namaquanum (Wyley ex Harv.) Welw.
Pachypodium namaquanum (Wyley ex Harv.) Welw.
Pachypodium namaquanum is a single-stemmed succulent native to arid regions of southern Africa, known by common names like halfmens and elephant's trunk.
Pachypodium bispinosum (L.fil.) A.DC.
Pachypodium bispinosum (L.fil.) A.DC.
Pachypodium bispinosum is a caudex-forming succulent native to South Africa’s Eastern Cape, grown in cultivation for its abundant flowers.
Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br.
Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br.
Pachypodium saundersii (kudu lily) is a thorny succulent shrub from Southern Africa that bears tinged white annual flowers.
Pachypodium lealii Welw.
Pachypodium lealii Welw.
Pachypodium lealii, the bottle tree, is a toxic succulent plant endemic to arid rocky regions of Namibia and southern Angola.
Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer
Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer
Cryptostegia madagascariensis, or purple rubber vine, is a toxic, invasive woody vine native to Madagascar.
Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.
Cryptolepis oblongifolia (Meisn.) Schltr.
Cryptolepis oblongifolia, the red-stemmed milk rope, is a multi-stemmed Apocynaceae shrub native to southern Africa.
Cryptolepis cryptolepioides (Schltr.) Bullock
Cryptolepis cryptolepioides (Schltr.) Bullock
Cryptolepis cryptolepioides is a twining climbing flowering plant in Apocynaceae native to northern South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Cryptolepis decidua (Planch. ex Hook.fil. & Benth.) N.E.Br.
Cryptolepis decidua (Planch. ex Hook.fil. & Benth.) N.E.Br.
Cryptolepis decidua is a 1.5 m tall shrub with recorded traditional uses and lab-tested immunomodulatory activity, found up to 2000 m elevation in southern Africa.
Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
Cryptolepis sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
Cryptolepis sinensis is an Apocynaceae flowering plant native to East and Southeast Asia, and a food source for the common crow butterfly.
Gymnanthera oblonga (Burm.fil.) P.S.Green
Gymnanthera oblonga (Burm.fil.) P.S.Green
Gymnanthera oblonga is an Apocynaceae vine species found across parts of Asia, Australia, and New Guinea.
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br.
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br.
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br. is a variable climbing plant used in food and traditional South Indian cuisine and medicine.
Mondia whitei (Hook.fil.) Skeels
Mondia whitei (Hook.fil.) Skeels
Mondia whitei is a medicinal climber from Sub-Saharan Africa with a widely harvested tuberous rootstock.
Rhazya stricta Decne.
Rhazya stricta Decne.
Rhazya stricta Decne. is a poisonous evergreen dwarf shrub native to multiple countries across Western and South Asia.
Aspidosperma polyneuron Müll.Arg.
Aspidosperma polyneuron Müll.Arg.
Aspidosperma polyneuron is a large emergent forest tree with usable wood harvested in parts of South America.
Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart.
Aspidosperma pyrifolium Mart.
Aspidosperma pyrifolium is a Caatinga tree native to Brazil and Paraguay, useful for beekeeping, described in 1824.
Haplophyton crooksii (L.D.Benson) L.D.Benson
Haplophyton crooksii (L.D.Benson) L.D.Benson
Haplophyton crooksii, the insecticidal cockroach plant, is a small yellow-flowered herb native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Alstonia actinophylla (A.Cunn.) Schumann
Alstonia actinophylla (A.Cunn.) Schumann
Alstonia actinophylla is a tree found in New Guinea and northern Australian tropical regions, growing in multiple habitats.
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