family Apocynaceae 158 genera 1663 species 30 trop. Afr., S Afr., Madag., Masc., Arabian Penin., trop. As., Mal., New Guinea, Aus., New Caled. 5 Pemba, Tanzania, Madag., coast of trop. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman and Nicobar Is., Burma, Indochina, S China, Mal., New Guinea, New Caled., Fiji, Tonga, Samoa |