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Official name :
Strophanthus preussii Engl. & Pax
Family :
Apocynaceae
2 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HA 18
Author(s) :
Adam, J.G.
Title :
Quelques utilisations de plantes par les Manon du Libéria (Monts Nimba).
Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée, (J.A.T.B.A.), 18, 372 - 378, (1971)
Symptoms :
H(092)
Recipes :
H(092) The seeds of Strophanthus are part of the composition of arrow poisons, but they would be less effective than those of S. gratus.
Region :
W
Country :
Liberia (Nimba mountains)
Vernacular name :
konên (Nimba)
Reference VA 41
Author(s) :
Angenot, L.
Title :
Les Poisons de flèches africains.
I. Zaïre, Rwanda et Burundi
Africa-Tervuren, XXIV no 2, pp 36- 54, (1978)
Symptoms :
H(092)
Recipes :
H(092) arrow poison, latex blanc de Strophanthus preussii Place of use : area of Eala and Dundusana.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) , Rwanda, Burundi
Vernacular name :
lofwondza, lofondja, pole.
