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<big>''[[Strychnos angolensis]]'' Gilg</big>
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Strychnos angolensis'' (PROTA)}}
:Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 571 (1893).
:Family: Loganiaceae
:Chromosome number: 2''n'' 2n = 88 == Synonyms == == Vernacular names ==
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
In-vitro tests of leaf and root extracts showed moderate antiplasmodial activity against ''Plasmodium falciparum''.
== Botany Description ==
Large liana up to 30 m long, climbing by solitary tendrils or shrub to small tree up to 12 m tall; stem up to 20 cm in diameter; bark pale brown; branches medium to dark brown, branchlets green, ochrous hairy. Leaves opposite, simple and entire; stipules absent; petiole 1–5 mm long, ochrous hairy; blade ovate to elliptical, 2–7(–10) cm × 1–4(–5) cm, base cuneate to rounded, apex obtuse to acute or acuminate, glabrous or hairy on the veins especially at the base, 3-veined from the base. Inflorescence an axillary or sometimes terminal lax thyrse 1–6 cm long, few-flowered; peduncle ochrous hairy. Flowers bisexual, regular, 4–5-merous; sepals broadly ovate, 0.5–1 mm long; corolla tube c. 0.5 mm long, lobes ovate to triangular, 1.5–2 mm long, acute, spreading, outside glabrous or minutely hairy, inside hairy at base, white or yellow; stamens inserted at the mouth of the corolla tube, just exserted; ovary superior, globose or broadly ovoid, c. 1 mm in diameter, 2-celled, gradually narrowing into the style c. 0.5 mm long, stigma head-shaped. Fruit an ellipsoid to globose, glaucous berry c. 12 mm × 12–22 mm × 18 mm, soft, orange or red, 1-seeded. Seed ellipsoid, 8.5–15 mm × 6–11 mm × 5–9 mm, smooth, glabrous, dark brown, shiny.
''Strychnos'' comprises about 200 species: about 60 species in Asia, 65 in America and 75 in Africa. ''Strychnos angolensis'' belongs to the section ''Breviflorae''.
=== ''Strychnos malchairii'' ===
Also in this section is ''[[Strychnos malchairii]]'' De Wild., which occurs in DR Congo; the Mbuti and Efe people use the pounded bark to make an arrow poison. The ground roots are applied as a paste to treat large ulcers. The stems are used to make arrow shafts. The flexible stem is also used as rope.
== Ecology ==
''Strychnos angolensis'' occurs in forest near river banks and in gallery forest, from sea-level up to 1500 m altitude.
== Genetic resources ==
== Author(s) ==
* A. de Ruijter , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
de Ruijter, A., 2008. '''Strychnos angolensis''' Gilg. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
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