Strophanthus speciosus, commonly known as the forest poison rope, is a tree, shrub or woody climber which is native to southern Africa.[1]
Strophanthus speciosus grows as a tree or shrub up to tall, and as a liana up to long, with a stem diameter up to . Its flowers feature a white turning orange corolla, red-streaked on the inside.[2]
Strophanthus speciosus is native to Zimbabwe, South Africa and Eswatini.[2] It occurs in forests and their margins from NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) altitude.[2]
Local medicinal uses of S. speciosus include snakebite treatment. The plant has also been used as arrow poison.[2] As with other species of Strophanthus it contains the cardiac glycoside strophanthin - plants of allied genera contain similar compounds.