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...rk is also applied as a fish poison, and is included in a recipe for arrow poison. The fruit juice is used as an antipyretic, but is irritating when in conta ...

*English: Poison-arrow tree ...ts, medicine (infusion of the roots), shade (livestock), ornamental, arrow poison (prepared from the white latex from roots, leaf or bark). ...

...weet. The poison from the fruit is used in the Andaman Islands as an arrow-poison. ...

...ular Malaysia, the leaves have been used as an antidote for dart and arrow poison from ''Antiaris toxicaria'' Lesch. (ipoh). ...

...fibre (bark used as durable sleeping mat and for ropes, bark cloth), arrow poison (latex). The latex is a component for arrow poison while fluid from macerated softwood is used locally as poultice for swellin ...

...inly distributed around root, oblong or lancet-shaped, margin curly, often arrow-like on long rolled leaf stalk penetrating the soil. Flowers: bisexual, rar ...aditional pharmacology as a treatment for rheumatism. Hunters use plant to poison meat as bait for wolves and foxes, crushed and dried tubercles used as a fl ...

...of ''D. gracilis'' have been applied as an antidote against dart and arrow poison. ...ating sexually-transmitted diseases and of ''D. gracilis'' as antidote for poison deserve more attention. ...

...in the Central African Republic it is also used as an ingredient of arrow poison. ...e. from Nigeria east to Uganda and south to DR Congo, are used as an arrow poison ingredient in the Central African Republic and DR Congo. ...

...tter root sap or latex of ''Adenium boehmianum'' Schinz, or arrow or spear poison made from the seeds or latex of ''Fockea multiflora'' K.Schum. to increase ...a; the Galla people in Kenya use the latex as the main ingredient of arrow poison. ...

...for floaters. The thin roots are said to contain an antidote against arrow poison. Young leaves are eaten as a vegetable and also applied medicinally against ...

*Spider tresses, poison arrow vine (En). In DR Congo and Tanzania the roots are used as emetic. The seeds are used in arrow poisons. In Tanzania a root infusion is applied to skin diseases and wounds ...

*Bushman poison (En). ...repare arrow poison in Namibia and neighbouring parts of Angola. The arrow poison is used for hunting large game such as zebra and wildebeest. Plants are occ ...

...een used as ordeal poison. In DR Congo the pounded fruit is used as a fish poison. ..., A.J.M., 1968. The use of Strychnos species in Central African ordeal and arrow poisons. Lloydia 31: 208–222. ...

...d southern Mozambique ''Strophanthus courmontii'' is used for making arrow poison as are several other ''Strophanthus'' species. The wood is used for making ''Strophanthus courmontii'' has so far mainly been used for making arrow poison, a use which is declining rapidly. Although it contains glycosides, its med ...

...lieve toothache. In Kalimantan, the chopped root is an ingredient of arrow poison. In Sumatra, the sticky latex is applied as birdlime. ...

...s in Gabon and Cameroon use the crushed or boiled seeds to prepare hunting poison. The seeds are used alone or together with those of ''Strophanthus gratus'' ...a and eastern Angola at 1000–1500 m altitude. The seeds are used for arrow poison. ...

...of ''Strophanthus petersianus'' are used to make arrow poison. In general poison makers do not discriminate between the ''Strophanthus'' species growing in ''Strophanthus petersianus'' has so far mainly been used for making arrow poison and this use is declining rapidly. The effects of sarmentocymarin on cell-p ...

...ly used as an ingredient of arrow poison. In Vietnam it is known as a fish poison as well. In the Philippines and Thailand the seeds are locally used as a he ...

...n the tip or barbs of an arrow, sometimes with an adhesive added. When the poison enters the bloodstream death results, in humans usually within a quarter of ...of the African ''Strophanthus'' species have been used for dart and arrow poison. Medicinal use of many species includes treatment of a wide range of afflic ...

...e Equateur province in DR Congo. In Cameroon the branches are used to make arrow shafts. ...s are applied as a paste to treat large ulcers. The stems are used to make arrow shafts. The flexible stem is also used as rope. ...