- Plants
- ›Vascular Plants
- ›flowering plants
- ›Dicots
- ›Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
- ›logania family
strychnos
Strychnos
Strychnos is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to family Loganiaceae (sometimes Strychnaceae). The genus includes about 100 accepted species of trees and lianas, and more than 200 that are as yet unresolved. The genus is widely distributed around the world's tropics. The genus is noted for the presence of poisonous indole alkaloids in the roots, stems and leaves of the plant. Among the alkaloids are strychnine and curare.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Spiny monkey orange
speciesStrychnos spinosa
Black Monkey Orange
speciesStrychnos madagascariensis
Green Monkey Orange
speciesStrychnos pungens
Strychnine Tree
speciesStrychnos nux-vomica
Corky Monkey Orange
speciesStrychnos cocculoides
Strychnine Tree
speciesStrychnos psilosperma
black bitterberry
speciesStrychnos potatorum
Cape Teak
speciesStrychnos decussata
blue bitterberry
speciesStrychnos usambarensis
Narrow-flowered Poison-nut
speciesStrychnos angustiflora
Strychnos lucida
speciesStrychnos lucida
Strychnos cathayensis
speciesStrychnos cathayensis
red bitterberry
speciesStrychnos henningsii
Strychnos brasiliensis
speciesStrychnos brasiliensis
Strychnos pseudoquina
speciesStrychnos pseudoquina
Coastal Monkey-Orange
speciesStrychnos gerrardii
Strychnos innocua
speciesStrychnos innocua
Strychnos parvifolia
speciesStrychnos parvifolia
Strychnos panamensis
speciesStrychnos panamensis
Strychnos myrtoides
speciesStrychnos myrtoides
Strychnos trinervis
speciesStrychnos trinervis
Strychnos minor
speciesStrychnos minor
Matobo Bitterberry
speciesStrychnos matopensis
Strychnos nux-blanda
speciesStrychnos nux-blanda
Strychnos nigricans
speciesStrychnos nigricans
Pit-Leaved Strychnos
speciesStrychnos mitis
Strychnos umbellata
speciesStrychnos umbellata
Strychnos vanprukii
speciesStrychnos vanprukii
Strychnos colubrina
speciesStrychnos colubrina
Strychnos medeola
speciesStrychnos medeola
Strychnos lucens
speciesStrychnos lucens
Strychnos wallichiana
speciesStrychnos wallichiana
Strychnos peckii
speciesStrychnos peckii
Strychnos panganensis
speciesStrychnos panganensis
St. Ignatius' Bean
speciesStrychnos ignatii
Strychnos guianensis
speciesStrychnos guianensis
Devil Doer
speciesStrychnos toxifera
Strychnos gossweileri
speciesStrychnos gossweileri
Strychnos axillaris
speciesStrychnos axillaris
Strychnos aculeata
speciesStrychnos aculeata
Strychnos cayennensis
speciesStrychnos cayennensis
Strychnos aenea
speciesStrychnos aenea
whitewood bitterberry
speciesStrychnos xantha
Strychnos atlantica
speciesStrychnos atlantica
Strychnos mellodora
speciesStrychnos mellodora
Strychnos angolensis
speciesStrychnos angolensis
Strychnos romeu-belenii
speciesStrychnos romeu-belenii
Strychnos brachistantha
speciesStrychnos brachistantha
Strychnos tomentosa
speciesStrychnos tomentosa
Strychnos elaeocarpa
speciesStrychnos elaeocarpa
Strychnos diplotricha
speciesStrychnos diplotricha
Strychnos ovata
speciesStrychnos ovata
Strychnos icaja
speciesStrychnos icaja
Strychnos benthamii
speciesStrychnos benthamii
Strychnos acuta
speciesStrychnos acuta
Strychnos araguaensis
speciesStrychnos araguaensis
Strychnos tarapotensis
speciesStrychnos tarapotensis
Strychnos grayi
speciesStrychnos grayi
Strychnos kasengaensis
speciesStrychnos kasengaensis
Strychnos glabra
speciesStrychnos glabra
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Strychnos in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83505.