{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Pergularia daemia W IMG_4210.jpg |image_caption = ''Pergularia daemia'' in Hyderabad, India |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Pergularia |authority = L. }}

'''''Pergularia''''' is a genus of the botanical family Apocynaceae. ''Pergularia daemia'' is a perennial twinning herb that grows along the roadsides of India and tropical and subtropical regions in South Asia, Africa, and Australia.<ref>{{cite book | author=Pink, A. | url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}</ref>

Pharmacological activities include antiinflammatory, hepatoprotective, anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, analgesic, anti-infertility and central nervous system depressant activity.<ref>Karthishwaran K., Mirunalini S. "Therapeutic potential of ''Pergularia daemia'' (Forsk.): The ayurvedic wonder" ''International Journal of Pharmacology'' 2010 6:6 (836-843)</ref>

;Species<ref name=j>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pergularia The Plant List]</ref> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''Pergularia adenophylla'' <small>Schltr. & K. Schum.</small> - Cameroon # ''Pergularia brunoniana'' <small>(Wight & Arn.) D.Dietr.</small> - India # ''Pergularia calesiana'' <small>(Wight) Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.</small> - Himalayas # ''Pergularia clausa'' <small>(R.Br.) Spreng.</small> - Jamaica # ''Pergularia daemia'' <small>(Forssk.) Chiov.</small> - Africa, S Asia # ''Pergularia exilis'' <small>(Colebr.) Spreng.</small> - Bangladesh # ''Pergularia flavescens'' <small>(A.Cunn.) Hook.f. ex D.Dietr.</small> # ''Pergularia hamiltonii'' <small>(Wight) D.Dietr.</small> - Uttar Pradesh # ''Pergularia rostrata'' <small>(R.Br.) Spreng.</small> - Queensland # ''Pergularia roylei'' <small>(Wight) D.Dietr.</small> - Himachal Pradesh # ''Pergularia suaveolens'' <small>(R.Br.) Spreng.</small> - Australia # ''Pergularia tinctoria'' <small>(R.Br.) Spreng.</small> - Sumatra # ''Pergularia tomentosa'' <small>L.</small> - Middle East from Egypt to Pakistan # ''Pergularia viridiflora'' <small>(R.Br.) Spreng.</small> - Australia}}

;formerly included<ref name=j/> Moved to other genera – ''Cionura'', ''Marsdenia'', ''Strophanthus'', ''Telosma'', ''Vincetoxicum'' (syn. ''Tylophora''), ''Vallaris'' {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| # ''P. accedens'', syn of ''Telosma accedens'' # ''P. africana'', syn of ''Telosma africana'' # ''P. angustiloba'', syn of ''Telosma angustiloba'' # ''P. celebica'', syn of ''Telosma celebica'' # ''P. divaricata'', syn of ''Strophanthus divaricatus'' # ''P. erecta'', syn of ''Cionura erecta'' # ''P. filipes'', syn of ''Telosma procumbens'' # ''P. glabra'', syn of ''Vallaris glabra'' # ''P. minor'', syn of ''Telosma cordata'' # ''P. pallida'', syn of ''Telosma pallida'' # ''P. parviflora'', syn of ''Marsdenia parviflora'' # ''P. procumbens'', syn of ''Telosma procumbens'' # ''P. puberula'', syn of ''Telosma puberula'' # ''P. sanguinolenta'', syn of ''Cryptolepis sanguinolenta'' # ''P. sinensis'', syn of ''Cryptolepis sinensis'' # ''P. tenacissima'', syn of ''Marsdenia tenacissima'' # ''P. velutina'', syn of ''Tylophora velutina'' }}

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