EPPO Global Database

Acokanthera abyssinica(AKOSC)

Overview
Code created in: 2018-12-14

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AKOSC
  • Preferred name: Acokanthera abyssinica
  • Authority: Schumann

Notes

Western Asia, Central Africa (Zaïre to Somalia). Source of an arrow poison


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Acokanthera friesiorum Markgraf
Acokanthera schimperi (de Candolle) Schweinfurth
Carissa schimperi de Candolle

Common names
Name Language
arrow poison tree English
acocanthéra d'Abyssinie French