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Accession Data:

Acokanthera oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd

  • Common Name: Bushman's Poison
  • Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Kenya to S. Africa
  • Habitat: forest margins woodland and bush clumps

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2018
2017
2016
2015

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500195
  • Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
  • Provenance:
    • Smith# 382-14 ex NYBG
  • Accession Date: 12-21-2015
  • Bench: 1118 - AFR:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-17-2018
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
      These plants may cause serious illness or death. If ingested, immediately call the Poison Control Center

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • SubFamily: Rauvolfioideae
  • Tribe: Carisseae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Type Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Zaire / Kenya / Tanzania / Malawi / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, December 21, 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, December 21, 2015.
  3. Acokanthera oppositifolia at PlantzAfrica. Last accessed on Monday, December 21, 2015.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Paul venter (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.

data regenerated on Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:46:44 -0400

Images:

Acokanthera oppositifolia

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Tribe Nerieae

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Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae

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  • Asclepiadinae: Gomphocarpus physocarpus
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum grandidieri W/C
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum marnierianum
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum pachycladon
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum sp.
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum verrucosum

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Ceropegieae

  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia ampliata
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia ampliata
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia cimiciodora
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia stapeliiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia piersii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia plowesii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia procumbens
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia thureti var. thureti
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia zebrina
  • Stapeliinae: Larryleachia cactiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia flavopurpurea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia gigantea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia grandiflora
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelianthus madagascariensis

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Fockeeae

  • Fockea edulis

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Marsdenieae

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  • Dischidia bengalensis
  • Dischidia litoralis
  • Dischidia major
  • Dischidia major
  • Dischidia ovata
  • Dischidia platyphylla
  • Dischidia ruscifolia
  • Hoya australis ssp. australis
  • Hoya carnosa
  • Hoya curtisii
  • Hoya imbricata
  • Hoya imbricata
  • Hoya imbricata var. basiorotunda
  • Hoya macgillivrayi
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Tribe Cryptolepideae

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Subfamily Periplocoideae
Tribe Periploceae

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Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Alyxieae

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Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Carisseae

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  • Carissa macrocarpa

Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Plumerieae

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  • Plumeria rubra

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Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

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Tribe Vinceae

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 10 days
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= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
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