Acokanthera oblongifolia is used in local African medicinal treatments for snakebites, itches and internal worms. The plant has been used as arrow poison.
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Acokanthera oblongifolia
Acokanthera oblongifolia is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It grows as an evergreen shrub or small tree up to 6 metres tall. Its fragrant flowers feature a white tinged pink corolla. The berries are purple when ripe. Its habitat is dry forest... Wikipedia
Rank: Species
Species: A. oblongifolia
Family: Apocynaceae
Jul 4, 2017 · Acokanthera oblongifolia is a highly poisonous and deadly plant hence the common name, dune poison-bush, and can kill within minutes when ...
Acokanthera oblongifolia is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing up to 6 metres tall[ 299 ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use ...
A medium-sized, dense tropical evergreen shrub or small tree up to 4m in height with glossy, oblong-shaped dark green foliage which turns purple in the autumn.
A fragrant ornamental shrub that grows 2–3m tall. Flowers are fragrant, white and tubular, densely clustered in leaf axils and are 1.4–2cm long.
Acokanthera oblongifolia (commonly known as African wintersweet, dune poison bush, Hottentot's poison, poison arrow plant or wintersweet) is a plant in the ...
Helpdesk · Kingdom. Plantae · Phylum. Tracheophyta · Class. Magnoliopsida · Order. Gentianales · Family. Apocynaceae · Genus. Acokanthera G.Don.
Evergreen shrub or small tree up to 6 m. high. Young branches glabrous, conspicuously angled and ribbed. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, smooth; petiole 4–9 mm.
Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. LC. Common name(s). African wintersweet 8. Synonym(s). 5. Genus. Acokanthera. Family.
Dune Poison-bush ; Taxonomy ; Scientific Name. Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd ; Higher Classification. Dicotyledons ; Family. APOCYNACEAE ; Synonyms.
