Acokanthera

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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.

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

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


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