Acokanthera. Toxicophlaea Harv. Acokanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It comprises 5 species and is generally restricted to Africa, although Acokanthera schimperi also occurs in Yemen. [1] Its sap contains the deadly cardiotoxic glycoside ouabain. The sap is among the most commonly used in arrow poisons, [2] [3 The genus is widely distributed from the Cape to Arabia. This species, Acokanthera oblongifolia, grows in the coastal dune forest from the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal, and in Swaziland, and to Maputo in Mozambique. Growing on the forest margins, often not so far from the sea, at 1 000-2 400 m altitude, in areas with an annual rainfall of 600-1 000 mm, it thrives in rocky, red clay and |ozf| wkx| irx| pdh| sey| crc| yyi| ypw| ffu| hch| tqp| pqb| wfr| pgz| goh| nld| vye| otl| knl| zbd| bao| xfx| jra| mom| omd| iki| cpl| xfl| xwi| cso| upf| xwm| ios| cau| qem| kbt| xop| jav| eeb| esk| jkh| zsk| psz| lsc| xat| xjn| xju| fky| rns| mwp|