Toxicophlœa
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. X, p. 20
Toxicophloea thunbergi.
Natural order, Apocynaceje.
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.