Arrow poison tree: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Arrow poison tree in English is the name of a plant defined with Acokanthera oppositifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cestrum venenatum Burm. f., nom. illeg. (among others).
2) Arrow poison tree is also identified with Acokanthera schimperi It has the synonym Carissa ouabaio Poisson (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. (1960)
· Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris (1948)
· Boll. Soc. Africana D’Italia (1891)
· J. Pharm. Sci. (1974)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. (2007)
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