Table 1.
Plants containing cardiac glycosides
Family | Representative example | |
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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 |