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SCFBio, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Medicinal Plant TaxID: 28545

Strychnos nux-vomica

Family: Loganiaceae • Common: Nux Vomica; Nux-vomica Tree; Poison Nut; Poison nut Tree; Quaker Button; Quaker Buttons; Semen Strychnos; Snake-Wood; Snakewood Tree; Strychnine Tree; Strychnine tree
233 Compounds Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Laos; Malaya; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam

Overview

Species Strychnos nux-vomica
Habit Tree
Habitat Tropical dry deciduous forests; Tropical moist deciduous forests; also in the plains
Distribution (India)
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