''Petchia'' is a genus of plant in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...

, first described as a genus in 1926. It is native to

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, the

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and

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. ;SpeciesSearch for "Petchia", # '' Petchia africana'' Leeuwenb. - Cameroon # '' Petchia ceylanica'' (

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) Livera - Sri Lanka # '' Petchia cryptophlebia'' (

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) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar # '' Petchia erythrocarpa'' ( Vatke) Leeuwenb. - Comoros, Madagascar # '' Petchia humbertii'' ( Markgr.) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar # '' Petchia madagascariensis'' ( A.DC.) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar # '' Petchia montana'' ( Pichon) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar # '' Petchia plectaneiifolia'' (Pichon) Leeuwenb. - Madagascar

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Apocynaceae genera {{Apocynaceae-stub