Rogers Trees and Shrubs - Acokanthera oblongifolia Tree


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Acokanthera oblongifolia. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

synonyms: Poison Arrow Plant, Wintersweet

Ref No: 19321
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tree/shrub type: Broad leaved trees and shrubs

foliage: Evergreen

size: Average shrubs

leaf type: Simple leaves

types of fruit: Trees and shrubs with decorative fruit or berries

flowering period: Spring

leaf colour: Leaves green

plants for a purpose: Scented flowers, Trees and shrubs with decorative white flowers

Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd (Apocynaceae) An evergreen shrub with alternate leaves and very well-scented white starry long-tubed flowers, native of the Natal coast to Mozambique, growing in scrub, flowering in April–December (mainly in early spring). Shrub to 6m; leaves to 6–12cm long; flowers 6–15mm across, the tube to 2cm long. Fruits blackish-purple, very poisonous. For a sunny position. Min. -3°C.

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