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''Acokanthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It comprises 5 species and is generally restricted to Africa, although ''Acokanthera schimperi'' also occurs in Yemen.〔(Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families )〕 Its sap contains the deadly cardiotoxic glycoside ''ouabain''. The sap is among the most commonly used in arrow poisons,〔Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (Editors), 2008. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 11(1). Medicinal plants 1. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen, Netherlands / Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands / CTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. 791 pp.〕 including those used for poaching elephant. ;Species〔 * ''Acokanthera laevigata'' Kupicha - Tanzania, Malawi * ''Acokanthera oblongifolia'' (Hochst.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. - Mozambique, South Africa * ''Acokanthera oppositifolia'' (Lam.) Codd - widespread from Cape Province north to Zaire and Tanzania * ''Acokanthera rotundata'' (Codd) Kupicha - Zimbabwe, Swaziland, eastern South Africa * ''Acokanthera schimperi'' (A.DC.) Schweinf. - Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Socotra, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zaire ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Acokanthera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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