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n. - Chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers.

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  • Over 1,100 species of plants occur, with well-represented families including Apocynaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Euphorbiaceae, and Rubiaceae.
  • Winter growth phenology and leaf orientation in Pachypodium namaquanum (Apocynaceae) in the Succulent Karoo of the Richtersveld, South Africa.
  • Vinca from Latin vincire "to bind, fetter" is a genus of five species of in the family Apocynaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.
  • The emergent and canopy layers are rich in tree species of Leguminosae (Peltophorum dubium), Meliaceae (Cedrella fissilis) and Apocynaceae (Aspidosperma pyricollum).
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