Arrow Poison

At a glance

Origin / distribution: BR, TW

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: DECOSIDE, DIVARICOSIDE, DIVOSTROSIDE, LOKUNDJOSIDE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Apocynaceae

Scientific name: Strophanthus divaricatus

Common names: Arrow Poison, Goat Horns, flor-cordão, goat-horns, yang jiao niu, キンリュウカ, 清沙草, 羊角扭, 羊角拗, 羊角拗子, 羊角纽花, 菱角扭

History

The source record documents this plant in BR, TW.

Documented historical or traditional applications are not available in this record.

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• BR
• TW

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the medicinal plant <i>Strophanthus divaricatus</i> (Lour.) Hook. & Arn. (1837) and its phylogenetic analysis. · 2026 source ↗
• Steroids with prominent cytotoxic activity against non-small cell lung cancer cells from the Strophanthus divaricatus. · 2025 source ↗
• Cytotoxic steroids from the stems of Strophanthus divaricatus. · 2023 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• DECOSIDE
• DIVARICOSIDE
• DIVOSTROSIDE
• LOKUNDJOSIDE
• MUSAROSIDE
• SARMENTOLOSIDE

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

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