| Synonym |
Strychnos spireana
Dop |
Flower Color |
White |
| Common Name |
Nux-vomica tree |
Flower Type |
Cyme |
| English / Trade Name |
Strychnine Tree, Snake wood, Poison nut. |
Flowering Period |
April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Kuchla, Nux-vomica |
Fruiting Period |
July-Sept |
| Altitude |
Up to 1400 m |
Fruit Type |
Berry |
| Habit |
Tree |
Fruit Details |
Fruit globose, yellowish-red or orange, glabrous; seeds 3 or 4, orbicular, flat, shiny, greenish-white, coin like. |
| Habitat |
Occurs in moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains. |
Bark Type |
Smooth |
| Distribution |
India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. |
Bark Details |
Bark thin, yellowish or blackish-grey |
| Distribution in Haryana |
Sonepat |
Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Simple |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Elliptic |
| Description of Species |
Trees up to 20 m high, bark thin, yellowish or blackish-grey, smooth or scurfy with lenticels; blaze creamy yellow. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole slender, glabrous. Bark thin, yellowish or blackish-grey. Fruit , berry like globose, yellowish-red or orange, glabrous; seeds 3 or 4, orbicular, flat, shiny, greenish-white, coin like, 2-2.5 cm diameter |
Leaf Details |
Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole slender, glabrous. |
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