Apocynaceae FAMILY

Strophanthus amboensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The seeds are used in the preparation of arrow 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 amboensis is an erect deciduous shrub that can grow up to 4 metres tall or becoming a climbing plant with stems up to 20 metres long. The stems are up to 20cm 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. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It has unusual and beautiful flowers, which makes it an interesting ornamental for the garden[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest Africa - western DR Congo, Angola, Namibia.

HabitatForest margins, woodland and thorn scrub, often in rock fissures, at elevations from 450 - 2,000 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. ]. Dry bushveld and rocky places in South West Africa and southern Angola[ 663 Title Flora of Southern Africa Publication Author Roux J.P. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545 Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description An excellent on-line resource. ].