Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dune poison bush	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
wintersweet	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acokanthera spectabilis (Sond.) Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 104: t. 6359 (1878).
Acokanthera venenata var. spectabilis (Sond.) Sim Forest Fl. Cape: 270 (1907).
Carissa oblongifolia Hochst. Flora 27(2): 827 (1844).
Carissa spectabilis (Sond.) Pichon Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 132 (1948).
Jasminonerium oblongifolium (Hochst.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891).
Strychnos oblongifolia Hochst. Flora 27: 827 (1844), not validly publ.
Toxicophlaea spectabilis Sond. Linnaea 23: 79 (1850).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd	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) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acokanthera spectabilis	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Acokanthera spectabilis Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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