Apocynaceae FAMILY

Strophanthus kombe

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

Throughout the species' range, the seeds and roots have been used in the preparation of an arrow poison since prehistoric times[ 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 kombe is a deciduous shrub growing up to 3.5 metres tall or, more commonly, a climbing shrub with stems up to 20 metres long, with clear, white or yellow exudate, roots thick and fleshy, necklace-shaped; stem up to 10 cm 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 gathered from the wild for local medicinal use and also to collect the seeds for export. The plant is sometimes cultivated for local use and also outside its native range to supply seeds for the pharmaceutical industry[ 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 RangeEastern Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.

HabitatCoastal forest, gallery forest, riparian thickets and woodland, often on inselbergs, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,100 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. ].