Loganiaceae FAMILY
Strychnos tchibangensis
Strychnos tchibangensis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
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
HabitClimber
Growth—
Not known
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Strychnos+tchibangensis>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [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]Loganiaceae — Leeuwenberg A.J.M. & Bamps P. · Meise, Jardin botanique national de Belgique · 1979 · http://10.5281/zenodo.4569937 ↩︎This publication, along with many other from the Flore d’Afrique centrale, has been made available as a PDF document under a Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike 4.0 International licence (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- [3]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.