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|familia=Apocynaceae
|familia=Apocynaceae
|genus=Acokanthera
|genus=Acokanthera
|lifespan=perennial
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
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|image=Upload.png
|image=Acokanthera oblongifolia - poison arrow plant - from-DC1.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Poison arrow plant (''Acokanthera oblongifolia'')
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}}
'''''Acokanthera''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Apocynaceae]]. Its sap contains deadly cardiotoxic glycosides. The sap is used in arrow poisons.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Gould | first = George M. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Dictionary of New Medical Terms | publisher = Bailliere Tindall & Cox | date = 1905 | location = London | pages = 36 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=v6BFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA36&dq=poison&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=ujvWSo3kNIWyNsGR_fYO#v=onepage&q=poison&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = }}</ref>
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| genus = '''''Acokanthera'''''
==Varieties==
| genus_authority = [[George Don|G.Don]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Koeh-150.jpg| ''Acokanthera abyssinica''
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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