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Strophanthus amboensis
Also called Knob Stemmed Poisonroot
Strophanthus amboensis is a deciduous scrambling shrub or liana from southern Africa, known for orange-yellow flowers. It is grown mainly as a curiosity by collectors of unusual climbers, and is rarely cultivated.
Strophanthus amboensis is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
Strophanthus amboensis is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Namibia. Its habitats are forest margins, scrubland or rock fissures, from 450–2,000 m (1,480–6,560 ft) altitude.
Strophanthus amboensis is used in local traditional medicine treatments for rheumatism, venereal diseases and scabies. The plant has been used as arrow poison.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Strophanthus amboensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
