Strychnos colubrina
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- October-July
How to identify Strychnos colubrina
Identify Strychnos colubrina by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Snake-like twisted woody stem.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Loganiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Strychnos colubrina.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Strychnos colubrina
- Genus
- Strychnos
- Family
- Loganiaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, along banks of streams and shaded localities
- Distribution
- India, Malesia to Australia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Chandigarh, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
About Strychnos colubrina
A member of the Loganiaceae family, Strychnos colubrina is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and 11 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, along banks of streams and shaded localities. Flowering and fruiting run from October to July.
Loganiaceae
Logania Family
Strychnos colubrina belongs to the Loganiaceae family.
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