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Acokanthera venenata

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Acokanthera oppositifolia, the poison arrow tree, is a shrub used as the source of an arrow poison and to coat caltrops made from the sharp fruits of the puncture vine. All plants of the genus Acokanthera contain toxic cardiac glycosides strong enough to cause death. Acokanthera oppositifolia is widespread in southern and central Africa from Cape Province north to The Democratic Republic of the Congo + Tanzania.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Acokanthera venenata
Slug
acokanthera-venenata
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Acokanthera
Species
venenata
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
28

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