Adenium boehmianum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Apocynoideae
Tribus: Nerieae
Subtribus: Neriinae
Genus: Adenium
Species: Adenium boehmianum
Name

Adenium boehmianum Schinz, 1888
Synonyms

Homotypic
Adenium obesum subsp. boehmianum (Schinz) G.D.Rowley, Repert. Pl. Succ. 29: 3 (1978 publ. 1980).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
Regional: Southern Africa
S-Angola, Namibia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Schinz, H., 1888. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg und die angrenzenden Lander. Berlin 30: 259. 1888

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Adenium boehmianum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 25. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Adenium boehmianum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Adenium boehmianum. Published online. Accessed: Sep 25 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Adenium boehmianum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 25.
Tropicos.org 2018. Adenium boehmianum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Sep 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Adenium boehmianum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Bushman Poison

Adenium boehmianum, the Bushman poison, is a poisonous succulent endemic to the mostly dry regions of northern Namibia and southern Angola.[1] The San people boil the root sap and latex to prepare arrow poison, which is sufficient for hunting large mammals, as it contains strong cardiotoxic effects.[1] The leaves, borne only for three months a year, are arranged spirally and are clustered near the branch tips. A plant will flower for only a few weeks in winter.[1] The oblong fruit releases many seeds through a longitudinal slit, which due to their lateral tufts, can be dispersed by wind.
See also

Bushman poison (disambiguation)

References

Schmelzer, G.H., Gurib-Fakim, A. (2008). Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 11(1), Medicinal plants 1. Wageningen, Netherlands: Prota Foundation, Backhuys Publishers, CTA. pp. 43–45. ISBN 978-90-5782-204-9.