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LOGANIACEAE. 
STRYCHNOS, Linn. 
Strychnos Nux-vomica, Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753), p. 189. 
A medium-sized deciduous tree. Leaves broadly elliptic "t in. 
ong with epe about ! in. long. Inflorescence a lax terminal 
rs greenish- -white. Fruit a berry, hard teris com- 
paratively thin shell, 11-2 in. in diam., smooth, shining, colour 
an orange when resh. Seeds several, flat, circular, about 
3-1 in. across, } in. thick, slightly concave on one side, slightly 
convex on the other, grey, greyish-white or yellowish-white. 
Ill.—Plenck. Ic. t. 117; Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. ii. t. 179 
(seeds); Lam. Encycl. t. 119; p Pl. Corom. t. 4; Hayne, 
Darst. Beschr. VOD ep 17; Nees von Esenbeck, E. 
Medie. Düsseld. t. 209; Woodville, Med. Bot. ii. (1832), t. 79; 
d Abbild. ne, t. 136; Stephenson & Churchill, Med. 
Bot. t. 52; Wight. Ic. = In d. Or. ii. t. 434 (S. colubrina) ; 
uet PL Bah ch 59a; Spach, Suites (Hist. Nat. des 
Vágétaux), tL ET: "Sehnisleih, Ic. t. 131, ff. 21-23 (seed); 
Griffith, Ic. Pl. Asiatic, ii. t. 411; Bureau, Loganiaceae, p. 4l, 
ff. 3-8; Bedd. F1. Sylv. ii. © 243; Bentl. and Trimen, t. 178; 
Kohler, Med. Pflan.; Zippel, Ausl. Handels. Nährpf. i 25; 
Journ. Bombay, N. H. Soc. viii. (1893), t. 1; Talbot, For. Fl. 
Bombay, ii. p. 266. 
Vernac. names. d Khabaung or Khaboung (Bombay 
Kirtikar; Burma, Watt, range: ae la (Bengal, Bentley 
5 Trimen).—Nux-Vo mica, Poss Strychnine Tree, Crow's 
Eyes, Snakewood, Dog-buttons, Qu banuos False Angostura 
Bark. 
Native of Cochin China and the Coast of Coromandel. Found 
in Ceylon, Burma, Java, etc. 
The seeds are the source of the poisonous alkaloids Strychnine 
and Brucine—a tonic medicine in small doses; the extract or 
tincture being used medicinally. 
The wood is used in Burma for carts, agricultural implements 
and cabinet work; weight 49-65 lb. per cubic foot (Gamble, 
Man. Ind. Timb. p. 498). Used in India for the eure of snake- 
bites and in cases of intermittent fever. A decoction of the leaves 
is used externally in rheumatism 
The bark possesses somewhat initi properties to the seeds, 
though not so pom (Treas. of Bot.), and both are used 
ed eisai i in India (Watt. Comm. Prod. dw p. 1052). 
The pulp of the fruit is not poisonous and is eaten by birds. 
A deciduous tree, propagated by seeds, grows freely in Botanic 
a Old Calabar. The seeds for the market only require to 
-be washed out from jm ripe fruits and dried in the sun; they 
fetch in London from about 7s.—10s. per cwt., though ^ AME 
1915, t were quoted at the high price of 16s. per ew 
