Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acokanthera	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
arrow-poison plant	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
arrow-poison tree	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
arrow-poison-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
ilmorijoi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
k'arraaru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karraru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kelion	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
keliot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kelyon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kelyot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kivai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
marid	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
msungu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
msunguti	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
muricu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mururu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olmorijoi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pfeilspitzen-schöngift	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark, root		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acokanthera abyssinica K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 315 (1895), nom. illeg.
Acokanthera deflersii Schweinf. ex Lewin Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 44 (1893).
Acokanthera friesiorum Markgr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 466 (1923).
Acokanthera ouabaio Cathelineau ex Lewin Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 44 (1893).
Acokanthera scabra Schweinf. ex Markgr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 464 (1923), pro syn.
Acokanthera schimperi var. ouabaio (Cathelineau ex Lewin) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXX (1969).
Carissa deflersii (Schweinf. ex Lewin) Pichon Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 132 (1948).
Carissa friesiorum (Markgr.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXX (1969).
Carissa inepta Perrot & Vogt Trav. Lab. Matière Méd. École Supér. Pharm. Paris 9: 114 (1913).
Carissa schimperi A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 675 (1844).
Arduina schimperi (A.DC.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 10: 168 (1888).
Strychnos abyssinica Hochst. Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 25 (1841), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acokanthera abyssinica	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acokanthera abyssinica K.Schum.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera deflersii Schweinf. ex Lewin	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera fresiorum Markgr.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acokanthera friesiorum Markgr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera ouabaio	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Acokanthera ouabaio Cathelinau ex Lewin	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera oubaio Cathelineau	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acokanthera scabra Schweinf. ex Markgr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera schimperi	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Acokanthera schimperi (A. DC.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Schweinf.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.)Schweinf.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.)Schweinf. ouabaio (Cathelinau ex Lewin)Cufod.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acokanthera schimperi Benth. & Hook	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Acokanthera schimperi Olivier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acokanthera schimperi Schweinf.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Carissa deflersii (Schweinf. ex Lewin)Pichon	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Carissa friesiorum (Markgr.)Cufod.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Carissa inepta Perrot & Vogt	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Carissa schimperi A.DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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