Apocynaceae FAMILY

Strophanthus luteolus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The latex is used as a spear poison[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Botanical Description

Strophanthus luteolus is a deciduous climbing shrub with stems that can be 2 - 6 metres long. The roots are semi-tuberous, producing a trunk that can be 1 - 25cm in diameter[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast Africa - Mozambique, S. Africa.

HabitatIn 'sand' forest on dunes near the coast at elevations up to 100 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].