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Strophanthus speciosus

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up to 16 metres (52 ft) long, with a stem diameter up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in). Its flowers feature a white turning orange
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1868 illustration by Walter Hood Fitch (1817 – 1892) - Curtis's Botanical Magazine v94 (1868) Plate 5713
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Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019).
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grows as a tree or shrub up to 4 metres (13 ft) tall, and as a
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the two-horned fruit capsule, releasing seeds from both horns
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include snakebite treatment. The plant has also been used as
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cloudy latex flowing from a scar where a leaf was broken off
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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Asterids
Gentianales
Apocynaceae
Strophanthus
Binomial name
Ward
Harv.
Reber
Synonyms
liana
corolla
Eswatini
arrow poison
cardiac glycoside
strophanthin
Habit
foliage
the two-horned fruit capsule, releasing seeds from both horns
cloudy latex flowing from a scar where a leaf was broken off

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