''Holarrhena'' is a genus of plant in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of ...

first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to tropical and southern Africa as well as south, east, and southeast

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. the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognises 5 species:Search for "Holarrhena", ;Species * '' Holarrhena congolensis'' Stapf - Zaïre * '' Holarrhena curtisii''

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- Indochina * '' Holarrhena floribunda'' ( G.Don) T.Durand & Schinz - western + central Africa * '' Holarrhena mitis'' (

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& Schult. - Sri Lanka * '' Holarrhena pubescens'' Wall. - eastern, southern + central Africa; Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, parts of China

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Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub