STROPHANTHUS KAMBE
\stɹˈɒfanθəs kˈamb], \stɹˈɒfanθəs kˈamb], \s_t_ɹ_ˈɒ_f_a_n_θ_ə_s k_ˈa_m_b]\
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A weedy climber of Gaboon, where the seeds and those of other species are used as an arrow poison (kombe inee, or onage), which acts directly on the heart muscle. They contain strophanthin. The tincture is used as a heart tonic like digitalis. An extract is official in the Br. Ph.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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