Strychnos nux-vomica L.

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Description: Family: Loganiaceae Distribution: Common in deciduous forests. India , Indo-China and Malaysia. Local name in Telugu: Mushti. Eng: Nuxvomica. Photographed at Eastern ghats of Nellore district, India. 6-8m tall deciduous trees. Leaves 5-8x3-7cm, orbicular-ovate, coriaceous. Flowers 6-8mm across, greenish white in short axillary cymes. Fruits 3-5cm across, globose, orrange-yellow, pericarp hard and thick. Seeds 1.5-2cm, globose, compressed, ashy-grey. Bark, and seed are used as fish poison. Seeds are used in ulcers and dysentry in very small quantities. It is a poisonous tree. Date: 1 March 2011, 15:51. Source: Strychnos nux-vomica L.. Author: Lalithamba from India Uploaded by Vinayaraj.