Apocynaceae

Round-leaved poison-bush

Acokanthera rotundata (Codd) Kupicha

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Acokanthera

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Round-leaved poison-bush: Flowers of a Round-leaved Poison-bush, growing on a rocky ledge near Louwsburg, KwaZulu-Natal — Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Afrikaans: Rondeblaargifboom
Arabic: ثبيرة مستديرة
English: Round-leaved poison-bush

Synonyms

Acokanthera schimperi var. rotundata Codd

Photos

Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.