6558.000 Acokanthera G. Don

Description of the genus

Herbs, suffrutices, shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence terminal but appearing lateral, 1-2-flowered. Flowers actinomorphic. Corolla salver-shaped; lobes overlapping to the left. Ovary of 2 carpels; disk composed of 2 glands. Fruit composed of 2 follicles (although one may abort); follicles cylindric, acute. Seeds oblong, black; testa rugose.

Worldwide: 5 species in Arabia and tropical east and southern Africa

Mozambique: 3 taxa.

Insects associated with this genus:

Asota speciosa (Specious tiger) Larval foodplant

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
laevigata Kupicha	Z
oblongifolia (Hochst.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D. Jacks.	GI,M
oppositifolia (Lam.) Codd	GI,M	Description, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Acokanthera

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Acokanthera
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