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Strychnos nitida

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

G. Don

Common Names

• Mao zhu ma qian (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guangxi
• S & SW Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane forests & scrub
• rainforest

Flowering Times

• Mar-Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

Bifid-tendril climbing hooked liana with glabrous leaves to 140mm x 50mm. Terminal thyrses to 80mm, greenish 15mm flowers. glabrous calyx with 1mm long sepals, corolla to 15mm long woolly at mouth, berries to 50mm diameter

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Flora Malesiana
• IFV