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Saba senegalensis, known as weda in the Moore, liane in French, madd in Wolof and laare in Pulaar, is a fruit-producing plant of the Apocynaceae family, native to the Sahel region of sub-Saharan Africa. It has several common names in various West African languages. The tree grows predominantly on riverbanks and in woodlands in Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, Somalia and Ivory Coast. It has been observed growing as vine up trees, as a small erect shrub, and oftentimes growing to the size of a large tree. ICRISAT has cited S. senegalensis as a useful food crop plant and

Amborella is a monotypic genus of understory shrubs or small trees endemic to the main island, Grande Terre, of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The genus is the only member of the family Amborellaceae and the order Amborellales and contains a single species, Amborella trichopoda. Amborella is of great interest to plant systematists because molecular phylogenetic analyses consistently place it as the sister group to all other flowering plants; as a result, it is critical for understanding angiosperm evolution. It is understood to be the most basal extant flowering plant, and is

Saba is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1849. It is native to Madagascar, Comoros, and mainland Africa. Species Saba comorensis (Bojer ex A.DC.) Pichon - Madagascar, Comoros, Africa from Senegal to Somalia and south to Zimbabwe Saba senegalensis (A.DC.) Pichon - Sahel from Senegal to Central African Republic Saba thompsonii (A.Chev.) Pichon - W Africa (Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)

Saba comorensis is a species of flowering plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is commonly called bungo fruit (pl. mabungo), mbungo, or rubber vine and is widespread across most of tropical Africa as well as in Madagascar and Comoros. The fruit looks similar to an orange with a hard orange peel but when opened it contains a dozen or so pips, which have the same texture as a mango seed. The fruit also makes a delicious juice drink which has been described as tasting "somewhere between a mango, an orange and a pineapple". The aromatic juice of the bungo fruit is also popular and highly

Thyrsanthemum is a genus of plants in the Commelinaceae, first described in 1946. The entire genus is endemic to Mexico.

Catharanthus lanceus, the lance-leaf periwinkle, grows as a perennial herb up to 1 metre (3 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature white or cream corolla lobes turning pink, reddish-violet or pink-magenta. Its habitat is on volcanic or burned soil, hillside rocks and in open woodland on ridges. Catharanthus lanceus is found from 750–2,000 metres (2,500–6,600 ft) altitude. The plant is used in local medicinal treatments for toothache, fever and skin diseases, and also as a diuretic. The species is endemic to Madagascar. Two alkaloids have been isolated from the root: lanceine and vinosidine.

Albidella nymphaeifolia is a species of flowering plant in genus Alismataceae. It is an annual or helophyte native to Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula (Belize, Guatemala, Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán State).

Albidella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alismataceae. It includes four species native to the tropics.

Molongum is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1948. It is native to South America. Species Molongum laxum (Benth.) Pichon - Colombia, Venezuela, NW Brazil Molongum lucidum (Kunth) Zarucchi - Colombia, Venezuela, NW Brazil Molongum zschokkeiforme (Markgr.) Pichon - NW Brazil formerly included Molongum macrophyllum (Müll.Arg.) Pichon = Spongiosperma macrophyllum (Müll.Arg.) Zarucchi

Catharanthus trichophyllus is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is most common in northern regions.

Tabernaemontana glandulosa is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found from Guinea to West Congo.

Landolphia dulcis is a climbing shrub or liana within the Apocynaceae family.

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Catharanthus scitulus is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is found in the sub-arid south in low-lying, sandy soil. Similar to C. lanceus, the plant branches out more than the other species. Its stems spread, with pseudo-dichotomous branching, coming together to form a rosette at each node. The corolla is pink or violet at the lobes.

Catharanthus longifolius is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Catharanthus longifolius is usually found in the mountainous areas in the southeast and northern areas of Madagascar. The specific epithet longifolius refers to its leaf shape, which is lanceolate as it grows. The plant is relatively small, with leaves being less than 9 mm wide. The corolla is pink with a yellow eye, and the lobes are white closest to the base. C. longifolius contains similar alkaloids to C. roseus, such as cathafoline, similar in structure to serpentine

Thyrsanthella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae. Its only species, Thyrsanthella difformis, the climbing dogbane. It is an uncommon to locally common deciduous low-growing woody vine native to the southeastern United States, found more often though not exclusively in moist habitats.

Parsonsia brownii, commonly known as twining silkpod or mountain silkpod, is a woody vine of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It occurs in rainforest in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia.

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Ancylobothrys capensis, the wild apricot, is a tangled, sprawling, multi-stemmed Southern African creeper of the family Apocynaceae. It is evergreen, often scrambling over rocks and other plants. New growth is covered in velvety, reddish-brown hairs. When damaged it exudes copious amounts of white latex. The leathery leaves are broadly elliptic, simple, opposite and erect, with prominent venation on both surfaces. Flowers are fragrant, about 40mm diameter, brilliant white when open and pinkish in bud. The round fruit are up to 50mm in diameter, khaki-green when immature, turning bright orange

Thyrsanthella is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae. Its only species, Thyrsanthella difformis, the climbing dogbane. It is an uncommon to locally common deciduous low-growing woody vine native to the southeastern United States, found more often though not exclusively in moist habitats.

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Hunteria congolana grows as either a shrub or a tree up to 20 metres (66 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 centimetres (12 in). Its flowers feature a white or yellow corolla, turning pink when in bud. Fruit is yellow to bright orange. Habitat is primary forest from 500 metres (1,600 ft) to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft) altitude. Local medicinal uses include for fever, diarrhoea and as an anthelmintic. H. congolana has been used as arrow poison. The plant is native to Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya.

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Tabernaemontana stellata is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is found in Madagascar.