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Useful Tropical Plants

Strychnos tchibangensis

Pellegr.

Loganiaceae

+ Synonyms

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General Information

Strychnos tchibangensis is a scrambling or climbing shrub with stems around 5cm in diameter. It climbs into the surrounding vegetation, attaching itself by means of tendrils[
2064
Title
Loganiaceae
Publication
Flore d’Afrique centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Spermatophytes
Author
Leeuwenberg A.J.M. & Bamps P.
Website
http://10.5281/zenodo.4569937
Publisher
Meise, Jardin botanique national de Belgique
Year
1979
ISBN
 
Description
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)
]..
The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known 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[
500
Title
Flora of Somalia
Publication
 
Author
Thulin M. (Editor)
Publisher
Kew Publishing, London.
Year
1993
ISBN
 
Description
Detailed information on the plants of the region, often adding notes on the plants uses.
].

Botanical References

2064
Title
Loganiaceae
Publication
Flore d’Afrique centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Spermatophytes
Author
Leeuwenberg A.J.M. & Bamps P.
Website
http://10.5281/zenodo.4569937
Publisher
Meise, Jardin botanique national de Belgique
Year
1979
ISBN
 
Description
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)

Range

West tropical Africa - Cameroon., Central African Republic, Gabon, DR Congo.

Habitat

Dense rainforest and along the sides of water courses[
2064
Title
Loganiaceae
Publication
Flore d’Afrique centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), Spermatophytes
Author
Leeuwenberg A.J.M. & Bamps P.
Website
http://10.5281/zenodo.4569937
Publisher
Meise, Jardin botanique national de Belgique
Year
1979
ISBN
 
Description
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)
].

Properties

Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitClimber
Height0.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

A bark decoction is taken as an anthelmintic[
299
Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
].
The pulverized bark is used for cicatrisation of wounds[
299
Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
].

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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