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Economic importance of the family Apocynaceae

S.No

Economic

importance

Binomial Useful part Uses

1 Food plant Carissa carandas (பெரும்களா)

2 Medicinal

plant

Carissa spinarum (சிறுகளா)

Rauvolfia serpentina

(Indian snake root /

sarpagandha)

Thevetia peruviana

(lucky nut/ தஙஅலரி)

Vallaris solanacea

Cerbera odollam

Alstonia scholaris

Strophanthus hispidus

Wrightia tomentosa (பாலை)

Catharanthus roseus

Caralluma umbellate

(களிமுளியான்)

Fruits

Shoot

Dried roots

Seeds

Latex

Latex

Bark

Seeds

Bark and

Roots

Aerial

parts

Succulent

stem

Edible and used in

pickles

To treat hypertension

and mental disorders

Alkaloid (reserpine)

obtained from the

dried roots, of the

plant can lower the

blood pressure and

used as sedative for

patients suffering from

Schizophrenia.

Used in rheumatism

Useful in toothache and

to treat inflated gums.

Used as an emetic and

purgative.

Used in malaria and

dysentery.

Yield the drug

strophanthin

Used as antidote to

snakebite.

Used to treat muscle

pain, the alkaloids like

vinblastine and vincristine

are mainly used

to treat various human

cancers.

Antiobesity

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