Strychnos colubrina L.

 
  • Family : LOGANIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Loganiaceae
  • Species : Strychnos colubrina
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Strychnos colubrina L. (Unresolved name)
  • Collection Nos : HFP 920
  • 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 usuallu narrowed base. Flowers are small, compound with axillary puberulous cymes on old wood. Berry is crustaceous, 1-2 seeded. Seed is discoid.
  • Habit : Climbing Shrub
  • Comments : Common in forests and sacred groves
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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