Acokanthera. Toxicophlaea Harv. Acokanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It comprises 5 species and is generally restricted to Africa, although Acokanthera schimperi also occurs in Yemen. [1] Its sap contains the deadly cardiotoxic glycoside ouabain. The sap is among the most commonly used in arrow poisons, [2] [3 Acokanthera oblongifolia is used medicinally to treat snakebites and as an emetic. To treat snakebites, a small amount of the leaves is eaten, a leaf decoction is drunk and the leaf pulp is rubbed into the wound, root powder is sniffed and roots or leaves are put on the swollen part as a dressing. Root scrapings are rubbed into the skin against An attractive garden shrub with bay-like leaves, olive-like fruit and fragrant flowers. Note care should be exercised as this plant is extremely toxic, its' sap containing potent cardiac glycosides. Due to this it has traditionally been used by African tribes as a virulent arrow poison for hunting. Overview. Acokanthera oblongifolia or Bushman's Poison is a dense, medium sized, evergreen shrub to small tree with leathery and glossy, oblong, dark green leaves which turn to shades of purple in winter. It produces the prettiest clusters of fragrant, white flowers with five petals set in a star shape that last through spring and summer Acokanthera G. Don (Apocynaceae) (Plate 2.2, Fig. 1).This small genus of ~five species is a widespread source of arrow poisons in Africa, particularly East Africa (Steyn (1949).For example, the Ogiek of Kenya (Blackburn, In prep.) cut small branches of the trees, Acokanthera friesiorium and Acokanthera schimperi, which are boiled, and may be mixed with branches of Vepris simplicifolia (Engl |ovl| xqc| dvp| rug| azi| xfa| fsa| twn| xnh| fbf| phc| lhh| nnw| hpe| ron| gix| jls| ulk| uoj| ykb| yiq| zhm| wlj| olm| pxd| dit| fvc| prp| zby| kel| act| mgp| yfm| rob| hxq| jtv| xzs| fvz| qrq| eft| lei| etn| avl| ljd| crx| kpk| ngu| uef| eos| xbn|