Melodinus

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = melodinus australis fruit 2.jpg

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Melodinus

|authority = J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.

|synonyms =

• Bicorona A. DC. in A. P. de Candolle
• Clitandropsis S. Moore
• Echaltium Wight
• Lycimnia Hance in W. G. Walpers
• Neowollastonia Wernham ex Ridl.
• Oncinus Lour.
• Pseudo-willughbeia Markgr.
• Rhytileucoma F.Muell.
• Trichostomanthemum Domin

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web

|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=124161

|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

|accessdate=May 18, 2014}}

}}

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.[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.] A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called melodinines can be isolated from Melodinus plants.{{cite journal|pmid=20041704 |doi=10.1021/np900595v |volume=73 |title=Melodinines A-G, monoterpenoid indole alkaloids from Melodinus henryi |year=2010 |journal=J Nat Prod |pages=22–6 |last1=Feng |first1=T |last2=Cai |first2=XH |last3=Liu |first3=YP |last4=Li |first4=Y |last5=Wang |first5=YY |last6=Luo |first6=XD|issue=1 }}