Acokanthera


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And the East African crested rat protects itself from dogs and other predators by slathering its fur with the chewed-up bark of the Acokanthera tree, traditionally used by indigenous hunters to make poison arrows.
Antioxidant activities and phenolic contents of the methanol extracts of the stems of Acokanthera oppositifolia and Adenia gummifera.
The creature chews roots and bark of Acokanthera "poison arrow trees" to extract the poison ouabain.
The Apocyanaceae (dog banes) are sources of African arrow poisons (for example Carissa acokanthera, bushman's poison' and Strophanthus hispidus) and also contain many of the most beautiful but deadly tropical flowering shrubs such as Plumeria rubra, frangipani', Nerium oleander, common, pink or white oleander' and Thevetia peruviana, yellow oleander' [15].
Existen varios generos o especies que solo son conocidos de colecciones provenientes del Jardin Botanico de Montevideo o areas urbanas aledanas y que no son incluidos en este tratamiento, entre ellos Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd (E.