Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arrow-poison tree	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
boesmansgif	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
buschmanns schöngift	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bushman poison	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
bushman's-poison	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bushmans poison	Other	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
common poison bush	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
common-poisonbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ibai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
intlungunyembe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kikweo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kiururu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msungusungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msunguti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mubai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mukweu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mururu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
musungusungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muva-wa-ngo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngweo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olmorijoi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rumbara	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ubuhlungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ubuhlungu benamba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ubuhlungu benyoka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ubuhlungu bomthwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
usungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wintersweet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acokanthera lamarckii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 485 (1838), nom. illeg.
Acokanthera longiflora Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 28 (1922).
Acokanthera rhodesica Merxm. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 6: 201 (1953).
Acokanthera venenata (Burm.f.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 485 (1838).
Carissa oppositifolia (Lam.) Pichon Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 109 (1952).
Carissa acokanthera Pichon Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 132 (1948), nom. illeg.
Carissa longiflora (Stapf) G.H.M.Lawr. Baileya 7: 90 (1959).
Cestrum fasciculare Otto ex Dunal in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 673 (1852).
Cestrum venatorium E.Mey. ex Sond. Linnaea 23: 79 (1850).
Cestrum venenatum Burm.f. Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 5 (1768), nom. illeg.
Cestrum venenatum Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 36 (1794), nom. illeg.
Garcinia sciura Spirlet Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 29: 327 (1959).
Pleiocarpa hockii De Wild. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 109 (1914).
Toxicophlaea cestroides A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 336 (1844).
Toxicophlaea thunbergii Harv. London J. Bot. 1: 24 (1842).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acokanthera lamarckii G.Don	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera longiflora Stapf	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera oppositifolia	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.)Codd	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera rhodesica Merxm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera venenata	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Acokanthera venenata Don	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Carissa oppositifolia (Lam.)Pichon	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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