Strychnos minor, Snake wood tree, Naagamushti, Cherukanjiravally, lengkoyan, bugahin, tum kaa daeng, kim lu[oo]ng

 

Strychnos minor Dennst. 
Syn.  Strychnos lenticellata Hill
Family: Loganiaceae

• English: Snake wood tree
• Telugu: Naagamushti
• Malayalam: Cherukanjiravally
• Indonesia: ipu tanah, ranosandang, wale ammelaum
• Malaysia: lengkoyan, semiyo akar
• Philippines: bugahin, bukuan, pamulaklakin
• Thailand: tum kaa daeng, tum kaa khao
• Vietnam: kim lu[oo]ng, thu[oor]c m[oj]i

Description: Climbing shrubs; bark pale brown; tendrils 2-branched. Leaves 5.5-14 x 2.8-5.4 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base obtuse or rounded, apex acute or acuminate, coriaceous, 3-ribbed from a little above the base; petiole to 1.2 cm long. Flowers white in cymes up to 3 cm long. Calyx lobes c. 1 mm long. Corolla tube c. 2 mm long, throat wooly; lobes ovate-acute, as long as the tube. Berry woody 2-2.5 cm across. Seeds 1-3, orbicular

It is used in the Philippines to treat throat trouble. A decoction of bark is used as an emmenagogue, and the Negritos chew the bark to treat prolapse of the uterus. The seeds are poisonous on probable account of strychnine and congeners. [Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants Asia and the Pacific]

15 Published articles of  Strychnos minor

1.    Shi, Y.-s., et al., Four new minor alkaloids from the seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica. Tetrahedron Letters, 2014. 55(48): p. 6538-6542.
2.    Bandopadhyay, J. and B. De, Seasonal variation of some minor tertiary indole alkaloids in vegetative parts of Strychnos nux-vomica. Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences, 2003. 25(1): p. 41-45.
3.    Sinha, M.K., A.K. Sinha, and S. Adhikari, Toxic effects of alkaloid extracts of Strychnos nux-vomica, Datura metel and Argemone mexicana on the behaviour of chromatophores and mucous glands of Indian minor carp Labeo bata (Ham.). Journal of Environmental Biology, 1999. 20(4): p. 293-298.
4.    Martin, M.T., et al., Minor N-b,C(21)-secocuran alkaloids of Strychnos myrtoides. Phytochemistry, 1999. 51(3): p. 479-486.
5.    Sinha, M.K., et al., Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) evaluation of the effects of alkaloid extract of Strychnos nux-vomica on gills of Indian minor carp Labeo bata (Ham.). Journal of Freshwater Biology, 1997. 9(1): p. 37-46.
6.    Michel, S., F. Tillequin, and M. Koch, BRAFOUEDINE AND ISOBRAFOUEDINE - NEW MINOR INDOLIC ALKALOIDS OF STRYCHNOS-DINKLAGEI. Journal of Natural Products, 1986. 49(3): p. 452-455.
7.    Verpoorte, R., H. Groenink, and A.B. Svendsen, MINOR ALKALOIDS AND STEROLS IN STRYCHNOS AFZELII. Planta Medica, 1980. 39(4): p. 388-390.
8.    Coune, C.A. and L.J.G. Angenot, THE MINOR ALKALOIDS FROM THE ROOTS OF STRYCHNOS-GOSSWEILERI. Herba Hungarica, 1980. 19(1): p. 189-194.
9.    Coune, C.A. and L.J.G. Angenot, The minor alkaloids of Strychnos gossweileri. Acta Horticulturae, 1980(96, Vol.II): p. 189-193.
10.    Coune, C.A., MINOR ALKALOIDS OF STRYCHNOS-GOSSWEILERI EXELL. Planta Medica, 1979. 36(3): p. 297-298.
11.    Monache, F.D. and et al., The separation of the minor alkaloids of Strychnos nux vomica L. Journal of Chromatography, 1968. 32: p. 178-9.
12.    Monache, F.D., et al., SEPARATION OF MINOR ALKALOIDS OF STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA L. Journal of Chromatography, 1968. 32(1): p. 178-&.
13.    Marini-Bettolo, G.B. and et al., Separation and identification of minor alkaloids of Strychnos nux vomica. Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 1968. 51: p. 185-91.
14.    Marinibettolo, G.B., et al., SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MINOR ALKALOIDS OF STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA. Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 1968. 51(1): p. 185-+.
15.    Delle Monache, F., et al., The separation of the minor alkaloids of Strychnos nux vomica L. Journal of chromatography, 1968. 32(1): p. 178-9.