Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Loganiaceae | Genus: Strychnos | Species: Strychnos nux-vomica L. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Strychnos spireana, Strychnos wallichiana | 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 | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1400 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 3-5 cm across, globose, yellowish-red or orange, glabrous; seeds 3 or 4, orbicular, flat, shiny, greenish-white, coin like, 2-2.5 cm diameter |
| 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 manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Trees to 20 m high, bark thin, yellowish or blackish-grey, smooth or scurfy with lenticels; blaze creamy yellow | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 5-13 mm, slender, glabrous; lamina 5-14 x 2-9 cm |
