
Acokanthera oppositifolia General Info – summary This unarmed usually sparsely branched Tree is up to 7m high and has poisonous latex. Bark becomes dark and deeply fissured. Simple Leaves are decussate, lack stipules & side veins reach the margins. The attractive, reddish white, regular, 5-merous Flowers are bisexual. Anthers and stigma do not emerge through […]

Acokanthera oblongifolia General Info – summary All parts of this plant are poisonous. This spineless Tree with its dark grey, fissured bark has erect branches, and may reach 7m high. Simple, entire Leaves are thick, leathery and nearly opposite. Young leaves are reddish. Petiole upper surface is grooved. Attractive white, bisexual, regular, 5-merous Flowers are […]

Tree to 15m with furrowed trunk with single scattered recurved thorns. Leaves are bipinnate. The creamy white flowers are small and in spikes. Each has many protruding stamens. Fruit is an initially red pod.