Leptadenia

Leptadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar, as well as southwest Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.


 * Species
 * 1) Leptadenia arborea (Forssk.) Schweinf. - Sudan, Ethiopia
 * 2) Leptadenia lancifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Decne. - tropical Africa
 * 3) Leptadenia madagascariensis Decne. -  Madagascar
 * 4) Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. - widespread from Algeria to India
 * 5) Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. -  Madagascar

transferred to other genera (Genianthus, Periploca)
 * formerly included
 * 1) Leptadenia elliptica Blume synonym of  Genianthus ellipticus (Blume) Bakh. f.
 * 2) Leptadenia visciformis Vatke synonym of   Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum.