Strychnos

Strychnos

Taxobox
name = "Strychnos"


image_width = 220px
image_caption = "Strychnos toxifera"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Gentianales
familia = Loganiaceae
genus = "Strychnos"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = about 190

"Strychnos" is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to family Loganiaceae (sometimes Strychnaceae). The genus includes about 190 species of trees and lianas, distributed around the world's tropics.

* The Strychnine tree, "Strychnos nux-vomica", native to tropical Asia, is the source of the poison strychnine.

* "Strychnos ignatia" ("St. Ignatius bean"), is a closely related Asian shrub/tree.

* The species "Strychnos toxifera" is one of the 2 plant sources of the poison curare.

* Another notable species is "Strychnos spinosa" (Lam.), commonly known as the Natal orange.

* 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 purify water; or they may be rubbed against the inside walls of the earthenware water containers.

External links

* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15952450&dopt=Abstract Home water treatment by direct filtration with natural coagulant] , by Babu R, Chaudhuri M.


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  • Strychnos — Strychnos …   Wikipédia en Français

  • strychnos — [ striknos; nɔs ] n. m. • 1816; lat. bot., mot gr. « vomiquier » ♦ Bot. Arbre ou liane des régions tropicales (loganiacées), dont plusieurs variétés contiennent des alcaloïdes toxiques (⇒ brucine, curare, strychnine, upas). Le vomiquier est un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Strychnos — Strych nos, n. [L., a kind of nightshade, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical trees and shrubs of the order {Loganiace[ae]}. See {Nux vomica}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Strychnos — (S. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Loganiaceae Eustrychnieae, 5. Kl. 1. Ordn. L., tropische Bäume u. Sträucher, mit gegenständigen, genervten Blättern u. Trugdolden, deren Blüthen einen fünfspaltigen Kelch u. eine trichterige… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Strychnos — L. (Ignatia L. fil.) Gattung der Loganiazeen, Bäume und Sträucher, zuweilen schlingend, oft mit schneckenförmig eingerollten Ranken oder geraden oder gekrümmten Dornen, mit gegenständigen, kurzgestielten, ganzrandigen Blättern, weißen oder… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Strychnos — L., Pflanzengattg. der Loganiazeen, meist Klettersträucher der Tropen. S. nux vomĭca L. (Krähenaugenbaum [Abb. 1830; a aufgerollte Blüte, b Frucht im Querschnitt, c Same]), in Ostindien, liefert in seinen Samen die offizinellen Brechnüsse oder… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • STRYCHNOS — planta rarissima, hodieque ignota, Dalechampio ad Plin. l. 21. c. 31. insaniam facit, parvô quoque succô. Quamquam et Graeci Auctores in iocum vertêre. Drachmae enim pondere lusum pudoris gigni dixerunt, species varias imaginesque conspicuas… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Strychnos — toxifera …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Strychnos — Brechnüsse Gewöhnliche Brechnuss (Strychnos nux vomica) Systematik Abteilung: Bedecktsamer (Magnoliophyta) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Strychnos —   Strychnos S. toxifera …   Wikipedia Español

  • Strychnos — ? Стрихнос Strychnos toxifera Научная классификация Царство: Растения Отдел: Покрытосеменные Класс: Двудо …   Википедия

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