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Sand forest poison rope
Strophanthus petersianus
About
Strophanthus petersianus, commonly known as sand forest poison rope, is a liana or deciduous shrub up to 15 metres (50 ft) long, with a stem diameter up to 10 centimetres (4 in). Its fragrant flowers feature a white corolla, sometimes with reddish pink stripes on the inside. Strophanthus petersianus has been used as arrow poison and by the Zulu as a charm against evil. Its habitat is coastal forest and rocky woodland. It is native to countries from Kenya south to South Africa.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Strophanthus petersianus
- Slug
- strophanthus-petersianus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Strophanthus
- Species
- petersianus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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