There are about 7 species in this genus. \u00a0Derive form the warm climate from Southeastern Africa to south Arabia. \u00a0These evergreen shrubs or trees has poisons milky sap which been used to make poison arrows for the purpose of murder, accidental poison has been proved rare. \u00a0Cultivated for their ornamental value, 5 petaled tubular scented flowers are borne on previous year\u2019s growth. \u00a0The leaves are arranged opposite. \u00a0Olive sized fruit drupes with a spongy milky flesh that is also poisonous.<\/p>\n
Grow in full sun in well-drained moderately fertile soil. \u00a0Outdoor settings plants need little watering and tolerant salt laden winds and neglect. \u00a0Prune after flowering to prevent fruit and causes resprouting.<\/p>\n
Prone to Mushroom root rot.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n Acokanthera oblonifola \u2013 Acokanthera spectabilis \u2013 Carissa apectabilis \u2013 Poison arrow plant<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Grows 10-20\u2019 feet tall 5-12\u2019 feet wide. \u00a0It\u2019s a dense spreading shrub with leathery, glossy dark green, 5\u201d long leaves, that are oblong to elliptical in shape. \u00a0Leaves may turn purplish in winter. \u00a0It bears dense clusters of fragrant white \u00be\u201d flowers that are dull pink. \u00a0Spring and summer it bears olive sized fruit that are purplish black.<\/p>\n Zones 9-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acokanthera \u2013 Wintersweet There are about 7 species in this genus. \u00a0Derive form the warm climate from Southeastern Africa to south Arabia. \u00a0These evergreen shrubs or trees has poisons milky sap which been used to make poison arrows for the purpose of murder, accidental poison has been proved rare. \u00a0Cultivated for their ornamental value, 5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[66,21,20,29],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252386"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3881"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3881"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}