Apocynaceae FAMILY

Strophanthus speciosus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is possibly used as an arrow poison and for criminal purposes[ 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 speciosus is an evergreen shrub growing 1 - 4 metres tall, often becoming a climbing shrub with stems up to 16 metres long and up to 3cm in diameter[ 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. , 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 RangeSouthern Africa - Zimbabwe, Swaziland, S. Africa.

HabitatEvergreen forests, often at margins, usually at elevations from 900 - 1,500 metres, exceptionally from 300 - 1,800 metres[ 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. ].