Melodinus Explained

Melodinus is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to Indomalaya, Meganesia and various islands in the western Pacific.^[1] A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called melodinines can be isolated from Melodinus plants.^[2]

Species

Accepted species include:

1. Melodinus acutiflorus F. Muell. - Papua New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales
2. Melodinus aeneus Baill. - New Caledonia
3. Melodinus angustifolius Hayata - Taiwan, N Vietnam
4. Melodinus australis (F. Muell.) Pierre - New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
5. Melodinus axillaris W. T. Wang - Yunnan
6. Melodinus balansae Baill. - New Caledonia
7. Melodinus baueri Endl. - E Kalimantan, Papua New Guinea, Norfolk Island
8. Melodinus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. - Indochina, W Malaysia, E Himalayas (Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, etc.), Yunnan
9. Melodinus cumingii A. DC. - Philippines
10. Melodinus densistriatus Markgr. - New Guinea
11. Melodinus forbesii Fawc. - Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea
12. Melodinus fusiformis Champ. ex Benth. - China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou), Indochina, Luzon
13. Melodinus glaber Turrill - Vanuatu, Fiji
14. Melodinus honbaensis A. Chev. ex Pit. - S Vietnam
15. Melodinus insularis (Markgr.) Fosberg - Palau
16. Melodinus orientalis Blume - Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
17. Melodinus philippensis A.DC. - Mindoro
18. Melodinus philliraeoides Labill. - New Caledonia
19. Melodinus reticulatus Boiteau - New Caledonia
20. Melodinus scandens J. R. Forst & G. Forst. - New Caledonia
21. Melodinus suaveolens (Hance) Champ. ex Benth. - Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Guangxi, Vietnam
22. Melodinus tenuicaudatus Tsiang & P. T. Li - Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi
23. Melodinus vitiensis Rolfe - Loyalty Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Vanuatu

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120187 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 147 山橙属 shan chen shu Melodinus J. R. & G. Forster, Char. Gen. Pl. 37, t. 19. 1776.
2. 20041704 . 10.1021/np900595v . 73 . Melodinines A-G, monoterpenoid indole alkaloids from Melodinus henryi . 2010 . J Nat Prod . 22–6 . Feng . T . Cai . XH . Liu . YP . Li . Y . Wang . YY . Luo . XD. 1 .