Toxicophloea

by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

TOXICOPHLŒA.

Toxicophlœa thunbergi.

Natural order , Apocynaceæ.

Arrow-poison of the Bushmen.

Preparation , from the bark.

Authority.

George Grey, M.D., Brit. Med. Journ., 1874 (2), p. 169, effects of a decoction of the bark.

  • Convulsions; loss of muscular power; death in a few minutes.

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