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'''''Strychnos''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s, belonging to [[family (biology)|family]] [[Loganiaceae]] (sometimes Strychnaceae). The genus includes about 190 [[species]] of [[tree]]s and [[liana]]s, distributed around the world's tropics. | |||
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Strychnos (an old Greek name used by Theophrastus for some plants belonging to Solanaceae). Loganiaceae. Scandent shrubs with short tendrils, or trees, of economic importance: some of the species have been introduced into the southern United States. | Strychnos (an old Greek name used by Theophrastus for some plants belonging to Solanaceae). Loganiaceae. Scandent shrubs with short tendrils, or trees, of economic importance: some of the species have been introduced into the southern United States. | ||
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==Cultivation== | ==Cultivation== | ||
===Propagation=== | ===Propagation=== | ||
===Pests and diseases=== | ===Pests and diseases=== | ||
==Species== | ==Species== | ||
*''[[Strychnos arborea]]'' | |||
*''[[Strychnos decussata]]'' | |||
*''[[Strychnos ignatia]]'' ("St. Ignatius bean"), is a closely related Asian shrub/tree. | |||
*''Strychnos nux-vomica'' ([[Strychnine tree]]), native to tropical [[Asia]], is the source of the [[poison]] [[strychnine]]. | |||
* The ripe seeds of ''[[Strychnos potatorum]],''[http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/600/610/614/solar-water/unesco/35-46.html][http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/apr192005/cbytes165242005417.asp], known as Therran or Nirmal,[http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nuxvom08.html]<!--are these different names for the same plant?--> can be ground and used as a [[coagulant]] to [[water purification|purify water]]; or they may be rubbed against the inside walls of the earthenware water containers. | |||
*''[[Strychnos spinosa]]'' (Lam.), commonly known as the Natal orange and ''[[Strychnos pungens]]'', from [[Southern Africa]]; which are drought-tolerant and produce edible fruits. | |||
*''[[Strychnos toxifera]]'' is one of the 2 plant sources of the poison [[curare]]. | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Strychnos is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to family Loganiaceae (sometimes Strychnaceae). The genus includes about 190 species of trees and lianas, distributed around the world's tropics.
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Strychnos (an old Greek name used by Theophrastus for some plants belonging to Solanaceae). Loganiaceae. Scandent shrubs with short tendrils, or trees, of economic importance: some of the species have been introduced into the southern United States. Leaves opposite, in scandent species some axils bear short clavate tendrils, the adjacent lf. being often suppressed: cymes terminal or lateral; bracts small: fls. white to yellowish; calyx 5-4-lobed; corolla 5-4-cleft, tube short or long or hardly any, lobes valvate; stamens 5; ovary 2-celled (or 1-celled above): berry globose or oblong. — About 220 species, tropics of both hemispheres. S. Schumanniana, Gilg (S. Schumanni, Hort.). Tree, 12-22 ft. high with axillary recurved spines: lvs. decussate, elliptical, gray-pilose on both surfaces: cymes terminal on the gray branches, many-fld.: calyx gray-hirsute, lobes linear; corolla-lobes deltoid-ovoid: fr. edible. Trop. Afr. Reported as intro. into S. Calif. but not successful. — S. Volkensii, Gilg. Tree, 30-40 ft. high: branchlets armed at the nodes with curved pungent spines: lvs. oblong or oblong-ovate, glabrous: cymes lax, many-fld., from the tip of the branches; sepals ovate; corolla-lobes ovate: fr. shaped like an orange, edible. Trop. Afr. Reported as intro. into S. Calif. but not successful. CH
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Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Species
- Strychnos arborea
- Strychnos decussata
- Strychnos ignatia ("St. Ignatius bean"), is a closely related Asian shrub/tree.
- Strychnos nux-vomica (Strychnine tree), native to tropical Asia, is the source of the poison strychnine.
- The ripe seeds of Strychnos potatorum,[1][2], known as Therran or Nirmal,[3] can be ground and used as a coagulant to purify water; or they may be rubbed against the inside walls of the earthenware water containers.
- Strychnos spinosa (Lam.), commonly known as the Natal orange and Strychnos pungens, from Southern Africa; which are drought-tolerant and produce edible fruits.
- Strychnos toxifera is one of the 2 plant sources of the poison curare.
Gallery
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photo 2
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photo 3
References
External links
- w:Strychnos. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Strychnos QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)