Apocynaceae FAMILY

Strophanthus courmontii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

All parts of the plant contain glycosides and are toxic if ingested[ 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 seeds are used to make ordeal poison and arrow poison. Such poisoned arrows are still used in north-eastern Tanzania to kill animals that are damaging crops[ 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 courmontii can be an erect, deciduous shrub growing up to 4 metres tall or, more commonly, a climbing shrub with stems that can be 22 metres long. The stem can be up to 10cm 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 use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

HabitatGallery forest or riverine thickets, less often in forest away from rivers, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,400 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. ].