Strophanthus

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noun A genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order Apocynaceæ, tribe Echitideæ, and subtribe Nerieæ.

noun (Bot.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.

noun any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds

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Lianas and climbers are also common in the understory, including Combretum elaeagnoides, C. celastroides, Dalbergia martinii, Acacia ataxacantha, Friesodielsia obovata, and Strophanthus kombe.

Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands 2008
These latter are derived from a plant, Strophanthus kombe, and they act in a quite different way.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985
Digitalis leaves and Strophanthus seeds, are also intimately associated with the steroids.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 - Presentation Speech 1964
_Strophanthus hispidus_, the new cardiac stimulant, is seen in Fig. 3, taken by this new instrument.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various
= -- Under ordinary circumstances tendrils may be described as modifications of the leaf, the stipule, the branch, or of the flower stalk, so that it is not a matter of surprise to find tendrils occasionally springing from the sepals or petals, as indeed happens normally in _Hodgsonia_, _Strophanthus_, _&c.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
_Clitandra_, _Carpodinus_ and _Conopharygia_, and from other apocynaceous plants; the _Strophanthus_ pod (furnishing a valuable drug); ground-nuts

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various