Strychnos species- Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala

ANJAN39/39 Please identify this plant : 10 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (6)

Date: 9th January 2015
Place: Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala
Habit: Straggling shrub

Strychnos sp., perhaps.

Is it thorny. Doesn’t it look like Carissa? Just a guess

Thank you … It was not thorny and there was no milky exudate when I pulled the leaf away from the plant.

Strychnos species so far in efi

Strychnos wallichiana Steud. ex A. DC.(= Strychnos cinnamomifolia Thwaites), reported in flora of Calicut.

Strychnos sp.

Check for the bitterness of the leaf…….

Looks like Strychnos colubrina

Thanks, …,

But does not matches with illustrations & images at

It is Strychnos only; the pod, the leaf, venation confirms it as Strychnos only;

Thanks, … But we are unable to find the id.

See the image.

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Leaves matching with S. Potatorum, see the image

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