Wood Specimen's Information:  

 
  Museum Floor  &  Size of Specimens :

First floor, Timber Cylindrical Log
  Specimen's Access Number :

CBRw033
  Binomial Name of Specimen :

Strychnos nuxhtvomica
  Specimen's Collector Name :

 
  Specimen's Collection Area :

Kasorgod, Kerala
 

Specimen's Collection Date

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  Specimen's Collection Country :

India
  Specimen's Collection Continent :

Asia
  Number of Specimen Available :

1
  Whether it is available for mutual exchange :

Yes
Scientific Classification of Wood Specimen:  

 
  Kingdom :

Plantae
  Division :

Magnoliophyta
 

Class

 :

Magnoliopsida
  Order :

Gentianales
  Family :

Loganiaceae
  Genus :

Strychnos

  Subgenus :

 
  Species :

Strychnos nuxhtvomica
 

Author of Species

 :

Carl Linnaeus
  Common/Trade Name :

Snake Wood, Nux-vomica, Strychnine tree
  Vernacular Name :

Hindi: Kuchila

Kannada: Nanjina

Tamil: Yetti

Telugu: Mushti
  Distribution of Species :

It’s native to southeast Asia
 

Uses

 :

It is much used as a gastric tonic in dyspepsia. Also used as an antidote in poisoning by chloral or chloroform.
  Normal Picture of Specimens :

 
  Anatomical Picture of Specimens :

 

 

 

 

 

References :

 

  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine_tree

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nuxvom08.html

http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/files/ff1101.htm

Arnold, M.D., Harry L. (1968). Poisonous Plants of Hawaii. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Co.. pp. 20. ISBN 0804804745.