Strychnos colubrina L.

 
  • Family : LOGANIACEAE
    (LOGANIA FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Loganiaceae
  • Species : Strychnos colubrina
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
  • Key identification features : A large woody climber with smooth bark. Tendril is single, bifid, circinate and smooth upwards. Leaves are ovate to elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 3-ribbed, 3-nerved from the usually narrowed base. Flowers are small, compound with axillary puberulous cymes on old wood. Berry is crustaceous, 1-2 seeded. Seed is discoid.
  • Habit : Liana
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Comments : Rare, in shady localities in deciduous forests of Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Nellore district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Malaysia to Australia
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Strychnos colubrina. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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