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Acokanthera
	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
	Acokanthera oblongifolia; Acokanthera venenata; Acokanthera ouabaio; et al.

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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]

Acokanthera abyssinica

↑ Gould, George M. (1905). Dictionary of New Medical Terms. London: Bailliere Tindall & Cox. p. 36.

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Acokanthera
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
Acokanthera oblongifolia Acokanthera venenata Acokanthera ouabaio et al.