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 Ackanthera oppositifolia \u2013Bushmann\u2019s poison – Common Poison Bush<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Derives from South Africa and extending northward into East Africa\u2019s highland. \u00a0This species was the main source for arrow poison. \u00a0Grows 20\u2019 feet tall flowers are sweet smelling, white tinged with pink and are \u00bd\u201d long. \u00a0The leaves are shiny green with dull undersides with noticeable veins on small reddish branches. \u00a0Fruits are purple and \u00bd\u201d wide. \u00a0The bark is deeply fissured.<\/p>\n Zone 10-12<\/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-160252388"},"_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\/3883"}],"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=3883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3883"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}