Strophanthus

(stro-fan’thus) [Gr. στρόφος cord + ἄνθος flower]. A genus of poisonous apocynaceous plants. The seeds of S. his’ pidus and S. kombé, African shrubs, are used like digitalis, chiefly in heart disease. Dose of the tincture, 1-6 min. (0.066-0.4 c.c.); of the extract, 4-1 gr. (0.016-0.006 gm.).