Strychnos — 50 species
Botanical species in the genus Strychnos recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Strychnos cocculoides
Strychnos cocculoides
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of moderate elevations in dry to moist tropical areas with seasonal rainfall, where it can be found at elevations from 400 - 2,000 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures fall within the range 16 - 28°c, but can tolerate 12 - 40°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall within the range 700 - 1,200mm, tolerating 400 - 1,400mm.
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Strychnos henningsii
Strychnos henningsii
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
Found at elevations from 340 - 2,000 metres. The trees respond well to coppicing and often sucker freely. The flowers are hermaphrodite, but the plant reproduces cleistogamously (without being fertilized) in some localities The flowers are aromatic.
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Strychnos icaja
Strychnos icaja
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
Strychnos acaja is unlikely to be frost tolerant. It grows in the moist tropics, where the mean annual temperature is within the range are 23 - 26°c, with rainfall all year round and where the inferred mean annual rainfall is in the range 1,350 - 2,500mm, exceptionally to 4,000mm.
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Strychnos ignatii
Strychnos ignatii
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,500 metres. Grows best on sandy soils.
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Strychnos innocua
Strychnos innocua
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of drier areas in the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,600 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 19 - 31°c, but can tolerate 15 - 36°c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall of 500 - 900mm, tolerating 400 - 1,200mm.
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Strychnos lucida
Strychnos lucida
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the tropics, found in areas with a monsoon climate and generally avoiding areas with year round rainfall.
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Strychnos madagascariensis
Strychnos madagascariensis
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the tropics to the subtropics, where it can be found at elevations up to 1,500 metres. The plant cannot tolerate frost. Plants grow wild in sandy or well-drained rocky soils.
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Strychnos nux-blanda
Strychnos nux-blanda
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the tropics, where it grows mainly in areas with seasonal rainfall. It does not tolerate even light frosts. Plants are normally found growing in the shade of deciduous or semideciduous trees.
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Strychnos nux-vomica
Strychnos nux-vomica
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of the moist tropics. It is found in areas where the mean annual rainfall is in the range 1,200 - 3,500mm. Requires a sunny position.
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Strychnos potatorum
Strychnos potatorum
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
A shade-bearing tree, growing up well under the canopy of deciduous forest. Established trees are very drought tolerant. The plant produces root suckers.
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Strychnos pseudoquina
Strychnos pseudoquina
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
Requires a sunny position. Prefers a well-drained soil. Established plants are drought tolerant.
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Strychnos spinosa
Strychnos spinosa
Family: Loganiaceae
Cultivation
A plant of hot, dry, tropical and subtropical savannah, where it is found at elevations to 1,500 metres or more. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 28°c, though it can tolerate 15 - 32°c and can even withstand occasional light frosts. It prefers a mean annual rainfall of 700 - 1,000mm, tolerating 600 - 1,500mm.
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