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Sayre, 1917: A Manual of Organic Materia Medica. > Phanerogams. >

98. Apocynaceae.—Dogbane Family.

Botanical name: 
Apocynaceae

Herbs, shrubs, or trees. mostly tropical, with a milky juice which is often drastic or poisonous. Leaves mostly opposite, exstipulate. Flowers regular, 5-merous and 5-androus, with the pollen cohering into granular, waxy masses. Fruit a pair of follicles; seeds often comose.


A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.

  • 446. Apocynum.—Apocynum, N.F. Canadian Hemp.
  • 447. Aspidosperma.—Quebracho.
  • 448. Alstonia constricta.—Australian Fever Bark. 449. Alstonia scholaris.—Dita.
  • 450. Conessi.
  • 451. Strophanthus.
  • 452. Oleander
  • 453. Urechites.—Yellow-flowered Nightshade.
‹ 445. Menyanthes.—Water Shamrock. Buckbean (N.F.). up 446. Apocynum.—Apocynum, N.F. Canadian Hemp. ›

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