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Strychnos pseudoquina
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Strychnos pseudoquina

Strychnos pseudoquina

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

Various parts of Strychnos plants, especially the seeds and bark, contain toxic alkaloids such as strychnine and brucine. The fleshy pulp of the ripe fruits, however, is often edible[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
GrowthSlow

Requires a sunny position[2]. Prefers a well-drained soil[2]. Established plants are drought tolerant[2]. Freshly planted young trees are usually slow to establish and grow away[2].

Propagation

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a sunny position in a nursery seedbed or in individual containers[2]. Germination rates are normally low, with the seed sprouting within 3 - 4 weeks[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Strychnos+pseudoquina>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Flora of Somalia — Thulin M. (Editor) · Kew Publishing, London. · 1993 ↩︎Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses.
  2. [2]Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. — Lorenzi. H. · Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. · 2002 · ISBN 85-86714-15-1 ↩︎Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best.
  3. [3]Flora Medica — Lindley J. · Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans: London · 1838 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎A massive work - many of the botanical names have changed, but the book is still a wealth of information.
  4. [4]Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. — Hedrick. U. P. · Dover Publications · 1972 · ISBN 0-486-20459-6 ↩︎Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
  5. [5]Plants used traditionally to treat malaria in Brazil. — Botsaris A.S. · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2007 ↩︎Brief details of plants that have traditionally been used to treat malaria.
  6. [6]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  7. [7]Anti-hemorrhagic Activity of Four Brazilian Vegetable Species — Nishijima C.M.; Hiruma-Lima C.A. Et al · Molecules; Basel · 2009 · http://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules · ISBN 1420-3049 ↩︎Research paper on the use of flavones in four Brazilian plant species to treat haemorrhaging as a result of snake bites. An open source document, available online.