Latin, Strophanthus kombe;
Vernacular, Inee, Onage, Onaye.
An ornamental, evergreen, climbing shrub. The stem is several inches
in diameter, 3 feet long, or climbing to the tops of the highest
trees, coiling on the ground and hanging in festoons from tree to
tree with dichotomous branches. The leaves are mucronate, acuminate.
The flowers, cream-colored or yellow at the base, purplish-spotted
above, appear in February and March in terminal cymes. The seeds,
about 5/8 inch broad, are oblong-lanceolate, slightly twisted,
rounded at the base, narrowing toward the end, flattened, blunt-edged,
ridged on one side, more or less covered with slky hairs, varying in
color from grayish-green to brown, with an oily, white, bitter, nearly
odourless kernel.
Found in :-
China, tropical Africa and Asia; inhabiting forests between the coasts and center of the continent.
The ripe seed.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Strophanthus, in moderately coarse powder | 100 gm
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity. |
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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