Taxon: Strychnos nux-vomica L.

 
Genus: Strychnos
Family: Loganiaceae
Nomen number: 35851
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:189. 1753
Link to protologue:
Typification:
Name Verified on: 02-Mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 20-Nov-1998
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Materials: beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_137.html,)
  • Materials: wood (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):472. 1999)
  • Medicines: source of strychnine (fide Import Medicinal Pl; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):472. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals ()

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Asia-Tropical
    • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
    • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
    • MALESIA: Malaysia (Malaya)


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict)
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
  3. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. (F CambLVN)
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  5. Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988) (Import Medicinal Pl)
  6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
  7. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  8. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus Regnum Veg. 119:164.
  9. Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1 (Pl Res SEAs) 12(1):472.
  10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
  11. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). (Bot Beads World)
  12. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1962. Flora malesiana. (F Males) 6:349.
  13. Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986 (AH 505)
  14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Strychnos nux-vomica L. :

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=35851. Accessed 25 April 2018.