Status:
valid
                
                
                    
Authors:
Choux
                
                
                    
Source:
tro
                
                
                    
Year:
1926
                
                
                    
Citation Micro:
Mém. Acad. Malgache 1: 12 (1926)
                
                
                    
WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001104341
                
             
            
            
                
                
                
            
            
            
                                    
                        Common Names
                        
                        - Secamone Angustifolioides
 - Angustifolioides Secamone
 - Angustifolioides's Secamone
                         
                     
                                
                
                    
                    
                    
                
                
                
                
                                                    
                        Description
                        
                            Secamone angustifolioides (also called Narrow-Leaved Milkvine, among many other common names) is a species of flowering plant in the Apocynaceae family. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. It is an evergreen, perennial, twining vine that grows in tropical and subtropical forests.                        
                     
                                
                                    
                        Uses & Benefits
                        
                            Secamone angustifolioides has been used in traditional medicine to treat fever, stomachache, and jaundice. It is also used as a natural insect repellent and to treat skin infections.                        
                     
                                
                                                    
                        Flower, Seeds and Seedlings
                        
                            The flower of Secamone angustifolioides is white and bell-shaped, with five petals. The seed is a small, black, oval-shaped seed. The seedlings are small and have a single, oval-shaped leaf.                        
                     
                                
                
                
                                                    
                        Where to Find Secamone angustifolioides
                        
                            Secamone angustifolioides is native to India and can be found in the wild in the Western Ghats mountain range.                        
                     
                
                
                                    
                        Species in the Secamone genus
                        
                            Secamone schweinfurthii, 
Secamone socotrana, 
Secamone punctulata, 
Secamone racemosa, 
Secamone trichostemon, 
Secamone urdanetensis, 
Secamone goyderi, 
Secamone flavida, 
Secamone galinae, 
Secamone neocaledonica, 
Secamone letouzeana, 
Secamone papuana, 
Secamone lineata, 
Secamone maritima, 
Secamone multiflora, 
Secamone minutiflora, 
Secamone attenuata, 
Secamone auriculata, 
Secamone andamanica, 
Secamone erythradenia, 
Secamone africana, 
Secamone alpini, 
Secamone brevipes, 
Secamone dewevrei, 
Secamone cuneifolia, 
Secamone caudata, 
Secamone badia, 
Secamone timoriensis, 
Secamone afzelii, 
Secamone axillaris, 
Secamone celebica, 
Secamone clavistyla, 
Secamone kjellbergii, 
Secamone variicolor, 
Secamone glabrescens, 
Secamone griffithii, 
Secamone lagenifera, 
Secamone penangiana, 
Secamone rhopalophora, 
Secamone scortechinii, 
Secamone siamensis, 
Secamone spirei, 
Secamone langkawiensis, 
Secamone lenticellata, 
Secamone longituba, 
Secamone coronata, 
Secamone sumatrana, 
Secamone kunstleri, 
Secamone curtisii, 
Secamone bicolor,                         
 
                     
                                                    
                        Species in the Apocynaceae family
                        
                            Acokanthera laevigata, 
Acokanthera oblongifolia, 
Acokanthera oppositifolia, 
Acokanthera rotundata, 
Acokanthera schimperi, 
Adenium boehmianum, 
Adenium multiflorum, 
Adenium obesum, 
Adenium oleifolium, 
Adenium swazicum, 
Adenium dhofarense, 
Aganosma breviloba, 
Aganosma cymosa, 
Aganosma gracilis, 
Aganosma lacei, 
Aganosma petelotii, 
Aganosma schlechteriana, 
Aganosma siamensis, 
Aganosma wallichii, 
Aganosma heynei, 
Alafia alba, 
Alafia barteri, 
Alafia benthamii, 
Alafia berrieri, 
Alafia calophylla, 
Alafia caudata, 
Alafia erythrophthalma, 
Alafia falcata, 
Alafia fuscata, 
Alafia insularis, 
Alafia intermedia, 
Alafia landolphioides, 
Alafia lucida, 
Alafia microstylis, 
Alafia multiflora, 
Alafia nigrescens, 
Alafia orientalis, 
Alafia parciflora, 
Alafia pauciflora, 
Alafia perrieri, 
Alafia schumannii, 
Alafia thouarsii, 
Alafia vallium, 
Alafia verschuereni, 
Alafia whytei, 
Alafia zambesiaca, 
Allamanda calcicola, 
Allamanda angustifolia, 
Allamanda blanchetii, 
Allamanda cathartica,