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Useful Tropical Plants

Strophanthus boivinii

Baill.

Apocynaceae

+ Synonyms

Roupellina boivinii (Baill.) Pichon

Strophanthus arboreus Boivin ex Franch.

Strophanthus aurantiacus Blondel

Strophanthus grevei Baill.

Common Name:

Strophanthus boivinii
Flowering stem
Photograph by: Fidy Ratovoson
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General Information

Strophanthus boivinii is a dense, spreading, semideciduous shrub or a tree that is deciduous in drier situations; it usually grows up to 12 metres tall but sometimes up to 30 metres tall in the forest. The bole can up to 40cm in diameter[
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The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It is sometimes sold as a rare ornamental because of its striking orange-brown flowers[
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Known Hazards

The plant contains toxic glycosides and all parts of it are considered to be toxic if ingested[
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A decoction of the aerial parts is used to poison dogs and pest animals[
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Botanical References

455
Title
Flore de Madagascar et des Comores
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Author
Humbert H.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
Publisher
Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris
Year
1946 - 1984
ISBN
 
Description
Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet.

Range

Africa - Madagascar.

Habitat

Dry deciduous forest and thickets, sometimes on limestone, at elevations from sea-level up to 800 metres[
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Properties

Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitSemi-deciduous Tree
Height8.00 m
Cultivation StatusOrnamental, Wild

Cultivation Details


Succeeds in both full sun and in shade[
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]. Grows in a range of well-drained soils[
710
Title
Tropical Flowering Plants. A Guide to Identification and Cultivation.
Publication
 
Author
Llamas K.A.
Publisher
Timber Press; Oregon.
Year
2003
ISBN
0-88192-585-3
Description
A terse guide for the gardener to almost 1,500 species of ornamental tropical plants with brief details on their cultivation and, usually, a small photograph of good quality.
]. The plant grows more vigorously in moister soils, flowering less freely but over a longer period[
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Title
Tropical Flowering Plants. A Guide to Identification and Cultivation.
Publication
 
Author
Llamas K.A.
Publisher
Timber Press; Oregon.
Year
2003
ISBN
0-88192-585-3
Description
A terse guide for the gardener to almost 1,500 species of ornamental tropical plants with brief details on their cultivation and, usually, a small photograph of good quality.
]. Established plants are drought tolerant[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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It is a compact shrub when container-grown, and can be trained into a small tree[
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Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

A decoction of the aerial parts is drunk to treat gonorrhoea and fever[
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A bark decoction is taken to treat colic and is rubbed in to treat wounds and itch[
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Several cardiac glycosides (cardenolides) have been isolated from the seeds and leaves[
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The seeds contain mainly glycosides based on the aglycone corotoxigenin: milloside, paulioside, stroboside, boistroside and christyoside. In addition, the gitogenin glycoside strospeside is found[
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The leaves also contain glycosides, with paulioside, boistroside, strospeside, madagascoside, zettoside and sadleroside as main components[
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Only strospeside is also present in other Strophanthus species[
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Other Uses

The wood is soft[
455
Title
Flore de Madagascar et des Comores
Publication
 
Author
Humbert H.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
Publisher
Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris
Year
1946 - 1984
ISBN
 
Description
Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet.
].

Propagation

Seed -
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