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Genus: Strophanthus
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Apocynoideae
About
38 species, native to Asia, Africa and Madagascar, with nine species
native to
southern Africa (including Zimbabwe) and a further three species are
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Strophanthus amboensis
Distribution: Namibia |
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Strophanthus courmontii
(Tailless tail-flower) Distribution: Zimbabwe
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Strophanthus gerrardii
Distribution: South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal,
Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Mozambique |
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Strophanthus hypoleucos
Distribution: Mozambique |
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Strophanthus kombe (Kombe
poison-rope, Kombe tail-flower)
Kombe-giftou [Afrikaans] Distribution: South Africa > Limpopo; Namibia;
Botswana; Zimbabwe; Mozambique See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Strophanthus luteolus (Golden
poison-rope)
Gouegiftou [Afrikaans] Distribution: South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo; Mozambique |
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Strophanthus nicholsonii (Mopane
tail-flower) Distribution: Zimbabwe See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Strophanthus petersianus (Corky-stem
poison-rope, Rock tail-flower)
Kurkstamgiftou [Afrikaans] Distribution: South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo; Zimbabwe; Mozambique See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Strophanthus
speciosus (Forest poison-rope, Forest tail-flower, Common
poison-rope)
Bosgiftou [Afrikaans] Distribution: South Africa > Eastern Cape,
KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Zimbabwe See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Strophanthus caudatus
Native from Burma to Indonesia. |
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Strophanthus gratus
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Strophanthus hispidus
Native to tropical Africa. |
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