In this paper are listed 37 Apocynaceae species from Pernambuco and Paraiba, Brazil. The informations were obtained from herbarium sheets. Ethnopharmacological uses of 14 species and the results of a literature review are also reported. Medical uses, known constituents and pharmalogical are presented for 12 species.
Apocynaceae; ethnopharmacology; toxic and medicinal plants; flora of NE Brazil