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. 2019 Dec;23(Suppl 4):S250–S255. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23302

Table 1.

Plants containing cardiac glycosides

Family Representative example
Botanical name Common name
Apocynaceae Cerbera thevetia or Thevetia peruviana Yellow oleander
Nerium oleander Common or pink oleander
Strophanthus Dogbane
Asclepiadaceae Asclepias Milkweed
Calotropis Crown flower
Celastraceae Euonymus europaeus Spindle tree
Cruciferae Cheiranthus Wall flower
Erysimum Wall flower
Liliaceae Convallaria majalis Lily of the valley
Urginia maritima or Urginia indica Squill
Ranunculaceae Helleborus niger Henbane
Scrophulariaceae Digitalis purpurea Foxglove
Digitalis lanata Woolly foxglove