Accession Data

Strophanthus preussii

Common Name: Poison Arrow Flower

Family: Apocynaceae

Country of Origin: W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania and Angola

Description: Climbing shrub, to 12 feet or more; leaves elliptic to obovate or ovate, to 5 inches long, bluntly short-acuminate, truncate to cuneate, glabrous; flowers fragrant, sepals foliaceous, corolla white but darkening to dull lemon-yellow, strongly marked with yellow and purple in throat, tube about 5/8 inches long, basal cylindrical part purplish, as long as campanulate part, lobes very long-caudate, to 12 inches long, tails maroon, appendages in sunuses very short, obtuse, golden with purplish tips; follicles lanceolate, to 10 inches long.

Cultivation: Frost-tender plants prefer a partly shaded position and fertile, humus-rich but well drained soil. Propagate from softwood cuttings or seeds.

Uses: Medicinal uses of S. preussii include treatment of gonorrhoea and healing of sores.4. This species does not contain the cardiac glycosides found in S. gratus however.5

Stem fibers are used for fishing lines, nets & ropes.5

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession #: 198500461

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1104

Quantity: 1

Source: SCE/ Logee's

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae

SubFamily: Apocynoideae

Tribe: Nerieae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
  4. Strophanthus preussii at Wikipedia. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
  5. Strophanthus preussii at Useful Tropical Plants. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
  6. Image #00 (cropped) & #03 (original) by Mokkie [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.

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