Strophanthus hispidus

Botanical Description

Brown strophanthus is a deciduous shrub that sometimes only grows up to 5 metres tall but more commonly becomes a very large climbing plant with stems that can be 30 metres or more long, climbing to the tops of the surrounding trees[ 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 stems can be up to 6cm 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 commonly harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and also to supply compounds for the pharmaceutical industry. It is sometimes cultivated for these purposes, both within and outside its native range[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].