Bushman poison can refer to a number of plants or insects used as ingredients by the
San people when preparing
arrow poisons:
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Toxicodendron'' species of the
Western Cape province
* Bushman's poison, ''
Acokanthera spectabilis
''Acokanthera oblongifolia'' (commonly known as African wintersweet, dune poison bush, Hottentot's poison, poison arrow plant or wintersweet) is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It grows as an evergreen shrub or small tree up to tall. Its frag ...
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* Bushman's poison, ''
Acokanthera oblongifolia''
* Bushman's poison, ''
Acokanthera oppositifolia''
* Bushman's poison, ''
Acokanthera venenata
''Acokanthera oppositifolia'' , poison arrow tree, is a shrub used as the source of an arrow poison and to coat caltrops made from the sharp fruits of the puncture vine (''Tribulus terrestris''). All plants of the genus ''Acokanthera'' contain t ...
'', of the south and east coasts of South Africa
:Also see genus
Acokanthera
''Acokanthera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It comprises 5 species and is generally restricted to Africa, although '' Acokanthera schimperi'' also occurs in Yemen. Its sap contains the deadly cardiotoxic glycoside '' ...
Succulents:
:The ''Gifboom'' Euphorbias:
* ''
Euphorbia avesmantana
''Euphorbia'' is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family Euphorbiaceae. "Euphorbia" is sometimes used in ordinary English to collectively refer to all members of Euphorbiaceae (in deference to t ...
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Euphorbia virosa
''Euphorbia virosa'', the Gifboom or poison tree, is a plant of the spurge family Euphorbiaceae. It has a short main stem, usually twisted, from which 5–10 cm branches emerge. These leafless branches have 5 to 8 edges. Paired thorns grow ...
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:The ''Pylgif'' or Bushman poison:
* ''
Adenium boehmianum''
Insects:
* A beetle genus, ''
Diamphidia
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''Diamphidia'' or Bushman arrow-poison beetle, is an African genus of flea beetles, in the family Chrysomelidae.
The larvae and pupae of ''Diamphidia'' produce a toxin used by Bushmen as an arrow poison.
The Finnish explorer Hendrik ...
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