Strophanthus amboensis is a plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
Strophanthus amboensis grows as a deciduous shrub up to tall, or as a liana up to 20m (70feet) long, with a stem diameter up to 20cm (10inches). Its flowers feature an orange-yellow turning purple corolla tube, white-streaked on the inside.
Strophanthus amboensis is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Namibia. Its habitats are forest margins, scrubland or rock fissures, from NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) altitude.
Strophanthus amboensis is used in local traditional medicine treatments for rheumatism, venereal diseases and scabies. The plant has been used as arrow poison.[1]