APOCYNACEAE

 

DOGBANE FAMILY

 

 

About 300 genera and 1,300 or more species of herbs, shrubs or trees, often climbing, of wide range but most abundant in tropical regions, several grown for ornament and a few for the edible fruits.  (Bailey 808).

 

 

Upper Newport Bay species within the family.

 

Nerium oleander

Rauvolfia samarensis

Vinca major