Plant Details

Accepted name:: Strychnos potatorum L.f. [Loganiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akkolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
ambu-prasada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambu-prasadena-ghale	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
ambuprasad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambuprasadah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambuprasadana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambuprasadanaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambuprasadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ampuppiracatanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andug	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anduga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
andugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antecalakamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antecalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antecatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antecatim	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caksusya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calibija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
centanamurai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakshushya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chali-mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalibija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chella	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhedaniya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chidla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiladmara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilbeej	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilbing	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilhaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chili beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chill	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilla	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilla chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilla-ginjalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chillachettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chillada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chillada beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chillada mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilladamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chillar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chillathumara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chille kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilli-bija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chillikavi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chillu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chita	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
chithada mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittadamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitthu mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitthubeeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittubija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cillacettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cillaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cillakimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cillam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilledabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cillitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cillitamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citakarenu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittubija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cleaning nuts	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
clearing nut	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
clearing nut tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
clearing-nut tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
clearing-nut-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
derran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gajara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
grape strychnos	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
guchhaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
il	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ilalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
illakamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
illam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
induga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indugu chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indupa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
indupacettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indupu chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
induva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ingini	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
ingini thettambaral	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
iruppukkolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iruppukkolamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jagamohana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jahara mohara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ka ta ka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantakanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kataka	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kataka (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
katakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katakam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
katakamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katakaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
katakaphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katakarenu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katakatphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katampari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katamparimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathakamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattakami-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketiyamavitai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khataka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kumakiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumakiyamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lekhanatmaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mango-taukpa-tit	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
navatankanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neimal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelmal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
netraprasada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nettirarokakkini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirmal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
nirmali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nirmalipavanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirmaliträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nirttauvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirwali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niwalee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nulmeiro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paarisirunilampadarthipatchila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payah prasadisa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
payah-prasaadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
payaprasadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
porithetha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punniyacatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruchishya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruchya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rushya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shlakshna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shodanatmaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sillam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talaimukarantalan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tannircerverakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tannirtterri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantaputpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tatakamentini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tatikamamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tattamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tattan-kottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tayilavrippiracatanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terramparal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terramparalkanniram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terran kottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terran pattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terrankottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terranmaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teruti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terutimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tetan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tetan-kottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tetankotai	Other	Siddha Syst. of Med. Pl. for Respiratory Diseases (Ram et al., 2009)
tetramabaral	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tetran-kotta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tetran-kottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tetran-parala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tetta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettamparal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettamparalkaniram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettamparel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettan cottay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettankottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettaparel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettian	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettiyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tettram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thertan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thetham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thethankottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thetran vithai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thetrankottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
thettamparel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thettan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thettanparilkanjiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thettran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
thettrankottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktamaricha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tipantirusanamekam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiravanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
titikama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tittamaricam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toyappiracatanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toyaprasadana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsillaghenjaloo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utakacutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utalnirmurittan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varippiracatani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
variyakaracatan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaucali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaucalikkottai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
water-filter nut	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
yillavamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit, Seed		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Seed		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fruits, seeds		Siddha Syst. of Med. Pl. for Respiratory Diseases (Ram et al., 2009)
seeds		Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
seed, fruit, pulp, leaves, trunk, bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed, roots, fruits	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
seed	dried seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Strychnos stuhlmannii Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 570 (1893).
Strychnos heterodoxa Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 118 (1899).
Strychnos monosperma Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 415 (1812).
Strychnos tetankotta Retz. Observ. Bot. 2: 12 (1781).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Strychnos potatorium	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Strychnos potatorum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
Strychnos potatorum L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Siddha Syst. of Med. Pl. for Respiratory Diseases (Ram et al., 2009)
Strychnos potatorum L. f.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Strychnos potatorum L.f.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Strychnos potatorum Linn.F	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Strychnos potatorum Linn.f.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Strychnos stuhlmannii Gilg	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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