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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. {{Inc| 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. {{SCH}} }} ==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]],''[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] 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]]. ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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