Akademik

evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa

1. : a poisonous Madagascan tree (Tanghinia venenifera) having fruit resembling plums and poisonous seeds

2. : ordeal bark

3. : a southern African tree (Acocanthera venenata)

4. : a poisonous central African shrub (Strychnos densiflora)

any of several trees having poisonous seeds, leaves, etc., used in primitive trials by ordeal.