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Strychnos solimoesana

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

Krukoff

Common Names

• Ira (Jamamadi)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Oct-Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• May

Liana or tree to 50m long with arching scandent branches, leaves to 10mm x 75mm, glabrous above, puberulent beneath. Axillary inflorescences of pink flowers, calyx to 3mm with hairy lobes, pink corolla with tube to 8.5mm long & lobes 2.8mm x 1.3mm, yellow fruit

Used for curare

Further References

• NYBG
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Gleason & Moldenke