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Acokanthera oppositifolia
(Common poison bush)
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae
> Subfamily: Plumerioideae > Genus:
Acokanthera
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Acokanthera oppositifolia
(Common poison bush) with ripe fruit, cultivated in Kirstenbosch
Botanical Gardens, Cape Town. [photo H. Robertson
©] |
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Tauraco corythaix (Knysna turaco, Knysna
lourie) feeding on Acokanthera oppositifolia
(Common poison bush) fruit, beginning of Otter Trail,
Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [photo Duncan
Robertson ©] |
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