Acokanthera schimperi, arrow poison tree, belonging to the family Apocynaceae, is a small tree native to eastern and central Africa as well as to Yemen.
^illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen 1897
^"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
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Acokantheraschimperi, arrow poison tree, belonging to the family Apocynaceae, is a small tree native to eastern and central Africa as well as to Yemen...
comprises 5 species and is generally restricted to Africa, although Acokantheraschimperi also occurs in Yemen. Its sap contains the deadly cardiotoxic glycoside...
Ouabain can be found in the roots, stems, leaves, and seeds of the Acokantheraschimperi and Strophanthus gratus plants, both of which are native to eastern...
Province north to The Democratic Republic of the Congo + Tanzania. Acokantheraschimperi is employed for the same purpose. Unlike all other parts of the...
deliberately chew the roots and bark of the poison-arrow tree (Acokantheraschimperi), so-called because human hunters extract a toxin, ouabain, to coat...
included Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd (as C. oblongifolia Hochst.) Acokantheraschimperi (A.DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Schweinf. (as C. schimperi A...
Acokanthera rotundata (commonly known as round-leaved poison-bush) is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It grows as a shrub or small tree, with fragrant...
deliberately smear these hairs with poison from the bark of the Acokantheraschimperi, the poison arrow tree, on which it chews, thus creating a defense...
forests with Barbeya oleoides, and Buxus-Acokanthera scrub with Buxus hildebrandtii and Acokantheraschimperi. Mimusops laurifolia is found in Juniperus-Olea...
Schimper is commemorated in specific names such as Acokantheraschimperi and Harpachne schimperi. In 1892, he was voted a member of the Deutsche Akademie...
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