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Strophanthus hispidus

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Identification
Strophanthus hispidus DC. [family APOCYNACEAE ]
Related name
  • Strophanthus hispidus
Common name
  • iς̣a (MacGregor; JMD) iς̣a fọju fọju (IFE) iς̣agere (auctt.) oró = poison (JMD) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • baga = poison; a general term (K&A) baga iri, hunayô, kuna, kunadé (K&A) kunañõ, kunañõ (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • hiwenié (K&B) kun-nakla (A&AA) kura (B&D) (IVORY COAST, MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ègwa (Banfield) (NIGERIA, NUPE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • n-vaga (JMD) (MALI, BOBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nyamkεε-lε (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, BULOM (Sherbro)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • sawa a general term; see S. gratus (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ninge-firifiri (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • suwel (K&B) (IVORY COAST, SENUFO-TAGWANA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dafi = poison (JMD) kwaŋkwáníí (LB) tantsiya (JMD; ZOG) yaßí, zabgaí = to smear poison; for the poison (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • soouru (K&B) (IVORY COAST, ‘KRU’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • obwa (JMD) (NIGERIA, GWARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • n-denglè (EPdS) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • sŏdo (Gaisser) sŏwé (Gaisser) (TOGO, TEM (Tshaudjo)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • solanamb (def.-ô) (EPdS) (GUINEA-BISSAU, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • lengé = supple (JMD) tio = bran (RS; JMD) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • su (Gaisser) (TOGO, ’dIFALE’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ‘arrow poison’ (Ghana, Irvine); brown Strophanthus (the seeds, commercial, Dalziel)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • áklò (auctt.) omlεtswã (FRI) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • awdi tooke = poisonous seeds; an epithet; (MM) maada (JMD) tantsiyaari from Hausa (JMD; MM) tooke, tookere = poison; the plant, an epithet (JMD) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kuna (A. Chev.; RS) kuna dié (Vuillet) kuna ion (A. Chev.) (MALI, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • matwa (auctt.) (GHANA, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • Volta) tokéré = a poisonous plant (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, FULA-FULFULDE (Upper), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • pole (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • salo bego, salo, syphilis; bego, liane (Ivanoff) salubé (B&D) (IVORY COAST, KYAMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kuonné (RS) (LIBERIA, MANO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • soĕ (Gaisser) sou (Gaisser) (TOGO, KABRE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • (Guinea-Bissau) quindembode (EPdS) toke (EPdS) (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • anu mmii (BNO) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • toké (anon) (DAHOMEY, FULA-FULFULDE (Dahomey)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • baga (K&B) bagairi (K&B) (IVORY COAST, MANDING-DYULA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • makua(-n) (K&B) (IVORY COAST, ANYI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • von (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, GRUSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kindé-toké (RS) toké (RS; Laffitte) (GUINEA, FULA-PULAAR (Guinea)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • klannéné (RS) kola-nélé (RS) (GUINEA, KONO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • mamfoham (FRI) σ-matwa (BD&H) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • yobro (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • baga (K&B) baga iri (K&B) konna ion (K&B) kuna (K&B) kuna dié (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • hwaàl ńdч́m = poisonous medicine (LB) (NIGERIA, BEROM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ato (K&A) (SENEGAL, KONYAGI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • lauenne (JMD) (NIGERIA, GOEMAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • a-kσlε (FCD) an-mar (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • si-yalma (K&B) (IVORY COAST, ‘SENUFO’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ahom (Bunting, ex FRI) totum nat∫o (Moore, ex FRI) (GHANA, ADANGME), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bidu (K&B) zredubu (K&B) (IVORY COAST, KRU-GUERE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bulong (Gaisser) (GHANA, DAGAARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ometwa (FRI) (GHANA, ADANGME-KROBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • akuéyama (B&D) akuiniama (B&D) (IVORY COAST, BAULE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • sépéwé (K&B) (IVORY COAST, DYIMINI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • tifem (K&A) (SENEGAL, BANYUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • omããtwaa (BD&H; FRI) o-mããtwaa, o-matwã (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • akotom (K&B) (IVORY COAST, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • tokéré = poison; a general term (K&A) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • biètê (JDES; EPdS) (GUINEA-BISSAU, MANKANYA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bisibidia (K&B) tantsiya (Curasson) (IVORY COAST, AKYE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • yabaga (AEK; FRI) (GHANA, MOORE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • makua(-n) (K&B) mekua (K&B) (IVORY COAST, BRONG), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • n-vaga (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, BOBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • funiafu, funiu = liver (DF) muriékolo = monkey’s sweat (DF) (THE GAMBIA, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • funiafu (K&A) funiu (K&A) muriékolo (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • yawai (JMD) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bulong (Gaisser) yabaga (K&S; FRI) (GHANA, KONKOMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ire either this sp. or S. sarmentosus (Elliott) (NIGERIA, BASSA (Kwomu)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • baga (K&B) bagairi (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, DYULA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • sula (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, SENUFO-KARABORO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bulŏ (Gaisser) (TOGO, BASSARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • àgbùlCf1 (JMD) (NIGERIA, TIV), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • raabia (Gaisser) (TOGO, MOORE-NAWDAM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • suru, suro the drug preparation (K&B) tchli the plant (K&B) tchubia the seeds (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, NYENYEGE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • makua(-n), mekua (K&B) (IVORY COAST, KULANGO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • si-yalma (K&B) (UPPER VOLTA, ‘SENUFO’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fupumben (K&A); = a gun (DF, The Gambia) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Tentouck)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for STROPHANTHUS gratus Franch. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 24, (1904) Author: (By Otto Stapf.)
Names
STROPHANTHUS gratus Franch. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Journ. de Bot. vii. 321. —Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 3 sér. v. 256; and in Journ. de Bot. viii. 201–204; L. Planch. Prod. Apocyn. 141; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 182; Gilg in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. 63. —Gilg in Engl. Monogr. Afr. Pfl.  vii. 17, fig. 1 on p. 18; t. 9, fig. A, and t. 10, fig. O; Gilg, Thoms & Schedel, Strophanthus Frage, Bot. 1–19, t. 1.
STROPHANTHUS stanleyanus Hort. Angl. ex Lemaire [family APOCYNACEAE], Jard. Fleur. t. 16.
STROPHANTHUS hispidus Hardy & Gallois [family APOCYNACEAE], in Compt. Rend. lxxxiv. (1877), 261, not of A.P. DC.
STROPHANTHUS Ouabaio Holmes [family APOCYNACEAE], in Pharm. Journ. xxi. (1890), 234.
STROPHANTHUS glaber Cornu ex Holmes [family APOCYNACEAE], Pharm. Journ. xxiii. (1893), 928.
STROPHANTHUS glabre du Gabon Blondel [family APOCYNACEAE], Stroph. du Comm. 34 with fig.; Arnaud in Compt. Rend. cvii. 1162; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 384; Franchet, l.c., 258, t. 9; Planchon, l.c. 64, 66, with plate, 69, fig. 10, 83; Franchet in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 2 sér. i. 4; Payrau, Strophanthus, 111–118, 161, with figs.
Roupellia grata Wall. & Hook. ex Hook. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 4466; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 449; Van Houtte, Fl. Serr. vi. 181, t. 589; Lindl. & Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. 71, fig. 46.
Information
A small glabrous tree or shrub; branches reddish-brown or almost black when dry, dotted with small lenticels. Leaves oblong, shortly acuminate, obtuse or subacute at the base, 3–6 in. long, 2–3 in. broad, coriaceous; secondary nerves about 7 on each side, subhorizontal, very distinct; veins generally inconspicuous; petiole 3–6 lin. long. Cymes terminal, sessile, few- to 12-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, deciduous, 1 1/2 lin. long; pedicels rather stout, up to 4–6 lin. long. Calyx 5–8 lin. long; sepals much imbricate, broad, oblong or obovate, scarious, rounded at the apex. Corolla large, white, or tinged with pink; tube funnel-shaped, 1 1/2 in. long; lobes broad, obovate, 3/4–1 in. long; throat scales lanceolate-subulate, glabrous, purple, 5–6 lin. long. Anthers about 6–7 lin. long, tapering into a more or less exserted awn, about 5 lin. long. Ovary glabrous. Follicles obtusely acuminate, minutely lenticellate, 8 1/2–15 in. long, 1 1/4–2 in. in diam. Seeds glabrous, lanceolate, 7 1/2–9 lin. long, 1–1 1/2 lin. broad; awn 1 2/3–2 1/2 in. long, naked for about 8–10 lin.; hairs white, 1 1/4–2 1/2 in. long. This is always a liane, sometimes climbing into the highest trees.
Distribution
Gaboon Lower Guinea Glass, near Libreville, Griffon du Bellay (perhaps cultivated?). islands of the Ogowe, near Limbareni, Buchholz; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 458; Libreville, Klaine, 216!Liberia Upper Guinea within 20 miles of Karka Town, Whyte! Monrovia, Krause.Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Afzelius! Whitfield!Gold Coast Upper Guinea Ashanti; near Assin-Yan-Kumassi, Cummins, 44! 55! Lagos, Millen, 174! Rowland!Niger Upper Guinea Brass, Burrows!Cameroons Upper Guinea Bipinde, Zenker, 1178! 1923!

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