Acocanthera spectabilis Don

Japanese: サンダンカモドキ（英語表記）Acocanthera spectabilis Don

An evergreen shrub of the Apocynaceae family. It is used to make garlands, and its fruit and sap are poisonous, so they are used in poison arrows. It is fragrant and grows in clusters of snow-white, five-petaled flowers, so named because the flower resembles the sandanca (sandanca). It is native to South Africa. The leaves are leathery green, elliptical or oblong, pointed at the tip, about 10 cm long, and grow in pairs. The petioles are short. The calyx is deeply lobed with five petals, and the flowers are tubular funnel-shaped, star-shaped at the tip, and about 1.7 cm in diameter. They grow in multiple spikes, 5 to 7.5 cm long.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

キョウチクトウ科の常緑低木。花輪の材料になり，果実や樹液は有毒で，毒矢に使われる。雪白色の5片の小花が集まって咲き，芳香があり，花の形がサンダンカ(サンタンカ)に似ているのでこの名がある。原産地は南アフリカ。葉は革質緑色で，楕円形または長楕円形で先はとがり，長さ10cm内外，対生してつく。葉柄は短い。萼は深裂し5枚，花は筒状漏斗形で，先は5片に分かれ星状をなし，花径1.7cmくらい。多数穂状につき，長さ5～7.5cmである。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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