Strychnos cogens
Strychnos cogens
Safety & Hazards
The bark contains toxic alkaloids and is used in the preparation of 'kumarawa' blowpipe poison, which is distinct from, and inferior to, the curare poison[ 348 Title Medicinal Plants of the Guianas Publication Author DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. Website http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html Publisher Smithsonian Museum Year 0 ISBN Description A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region , 697 Title Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 29 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Cambridge, Massachusetts. Year 1983 ISBN Description Some interesting notes on plant uses in tropical America. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].
Botanical Description
Strychnos cogens is a climbing shrub producing stems that can be more than 30 metres log and up to 10cm in diameter. These stems can reach up into the canopy of the forest, attaching themselves by means of tendrils[ 434 Title Flora of Peru Publication Author Macbride. J.F. Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1936 ISBN Description An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.