Strychnos nux-vomica
Strychnos nux-vomica
Author : L.
Family : Loganiaceae

Habit: Medium tree
Sanskrit: Karaskarah
English: Strychnine tree, Snake wood, Nux-vomica, Poison nut, Quaker button
 
Description
An evergreen or deciduous tree, up to 15 m tall, broadly elliptic leaves, greenish-white flowers in terminal compound cymes, large, orange, globose berries containing discoid seeds covered with fine silky hairs and embedded in white, bitter pulp.
Useful part

Bark, leaves, seeds
Medicinal Uses

Cholera, muscle pain, chronic wounds, ulcers, anaemia, asthma, bronchitis, constipation, diabetes, intermittent and malarial fevers, insomnia, skin diseases, paralysis, weakness of limbs, epilepsy, dysentery
Major chemical constituents

Brucine, strychnine