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Strychnos colubrina

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Koochila-luta (Bengali)
• Naga-musadi (Telingas)
• Snakewood

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Queensland - Australia
• Borneo
• Fiji
• India
• Lesser Sunda islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Malacca
• Penang
• Perak
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Solomon Is.
• Sri Lanka
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Primary and secondary forests
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Jul-Nov (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Malesia)

Big bifid or simple tendril liana with glabrous twigs, glabrous coriaceous leaves to 250mm x 120mm, cuneate or obtuse at base. Puberulous axillary cymes or terminal corymbs to 150mm long, of small greenish-yellow or whitish flowers, calyx to 3mm, corolla to 6.5mm long glabrous outside, fruit a glabrous yellowish berry to 30mm dia.

Further References

• JDH
• G. Don
• Sahyadri
• Botanicus
• FV
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS