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14-JUN-2009

Strophanthus gratus

Southside Place, Texas

this extravagant flower is also known as the Rose Alamanda or Climbing Oleander
it comes from Africa
like the oleander it is highly poisonous, producing the powerful sodium pump inhibitor, ouabain, that has been used in physiology research for years
for even longer, Africans have used extracts from the seeds on arrowheads, which are said capable of bringing down an adult hippopotamus

Nikon D3X ,Nikkor 200mm f/4D ED-IF AF Micro
1/100s f/14.0 iso 360 monopod ringflash full exif

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