•
Strychnos benthami C.B.Clarke •
Strychnos camptoneura Gilg &
Busse •
Strychnos chromatoxylon Leeuwenb. •
Strychnos cocculoides Baker •
Strychnos elaeocarpa Gilg ex Leeuwenb. •
Strychnos icaja Baill. •
Strychnos ignatii P.J. Bergius •
Strychnos madagascariensis Poir. •
Strychnos mellodora S.Moore •
Strychnos millepunctata Leeuwenb. •
Strychnos nux-blanda A.W.Hill •
Strychnos nux-vomica L. •
Strychnos potatorum L.f. •
Strychnos psilosperma F.Muell. •
Strychnos pungens Soler. •
Strychnos spinosa Lam. •
Strychnos staudtii Gilg •
Strychnos tetragona A.W.Hill •
Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex
Lindl. •
Strychnos usambarensis Gilg ex
Engl. • The
strychnine tree,
Strychnos nux-vomica, native to tropical Asia, is the source of the poison
strychnine. •
Strychnos tonga, native to
Tonga, is a synonym of
Strychnos spinosa. •
Strychnos ignatii ("St. Ignatius bean"), is a closely related Asian shrub/tree. • The species
Strychnos toxifera is a principal plant source of the
arrow poison curare. • Three trees from
Southern Africa, commonly known as "
monkey oranges", are drought-tolerant and produce popular edible fruits: the corky-barked monkey orange or suurklapper,
Strychnos cocculoides; the Natal orange or green or spiny monkey orange,
Strychnos spinosa; and the black or spiny-leaved monkey orange
Strychnos pungens. • The ripe seeds of
Strychnos potatorum, known as Therran or Nirmal, 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. Mrs Grieve's Herbal of 1931 also mentions traditional water purification uses of an Indian species called
Strychnos pseudo (not a valid botanical name). • Two very well preserved fossilised
corollas with
stamens and
styles from flowers of a plant that has been named
Strychnos electri (the Latin name of amber is
electrum), believed to be a vine, were discovered in
amber from the Dominican Republic. The amber is from tropical tree
Hymenaea protera, formerly abundant but now extinct, which formed part of the forest canopy. The age of the amber is believed to be between 15 and 45 million years, from the mid-
Tertiary period. This demonstrates an early date for these plants. ==Gallery==