Acokanthera
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| Acokanthera | |
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| File:Acokanthera oblongifolia - poison arrow plant - from-DC1.jpg | |
| Poison arrow plant (Acokanthera oblongifolia) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Acokanthera G.Don |
| Species | |
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Acokanthera oblongifolia | |
Acokanthera is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. Its sap contains deadly cardiotoxic glycosides. The sap is used in arrow poisons.[1]
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Acokanthera abyssinica
References
- ↑ Gould, George M. (1905). Dictionary of New Medical Terms. London: Bailliere Tindall & Cox. p. 36.
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