Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adikoun	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
ahom	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ajokuma	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akioo	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
amanfohama	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
amatsiga	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
arrow poison	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
brown strophanthus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
hairy strophanthus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
kwan kwani	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
matwa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
omaatwaa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
oman edupanyin	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
omletwa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
poison arrow vine	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
poison arrowvine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
strofant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
strophanthus	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
strophanthus hispidus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
strophantus root	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tchakpa	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
totum natso	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
毒箭羊角拗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
root	sliced dried roots	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Strophanthus bariba Boye & Bereni Arch. Méd. Navale 68: 405 (1897).
Strophanthus hirtus Poir. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2, 51: 150 (1827).
Strophanthus niger Blondel Stroph. Comm. Paris: 11 (1888), nom. nud.
Strophanthus tchabe Boye & Bereni Arch. Méd. Navale 68: 403 (1897).
Strophanthus thierryanus K.Schum. & Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 158 (1902).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Strophanthus hispidus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Strophanthus hispidus A. Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Strophanthus hispidus A.P.De Candolle	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
Strophanthus hispidus DC	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Strophanthus hispidus DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strophantus hispidus DC	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)

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