Strychnos toxifera

Strychnos toxifera
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Loganiaceae
Genus:	Strychnos
Species:	S. toxifera
Binomial name
	Strychnos toxifera; R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl.[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Strychnos syntoxica Sprague & Sandwith

Strychnos toxifera, called bush rope and devil doer, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Strychnos, native to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, and Bolivia.[2] It is the principle source of calabash or gourd curare.[3]

References

Fl. Med.: 530 (1838)
"Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3607. ISBN 9781482250640.

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[1] Fl. Med.: 530 (1838)

[547525-1-2] "Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

[3] Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3607. ISBN 9781482250640.