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.