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ໝາກຕຸມກາ
Strychnine

Strychnos nux-vomica L.


Plants
Woody plants
Trees and palms

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Local name:
ໄທ: ກຣະຊີ, ໂກດກາກລີງ, ກາ ກລີງ,ຕູມກາແດງ, ຊະແລງໃຈ, ຊແລງທົມ, ຊແລງເບື່ອ, ແສງບອງ, ບົງບວຍຊີ ກຳປູເຈຍ: ຊແລງ ຕຸດ, ຊແລງ ທົມ ວຽດນາມ: ໂກຈີ, ກູຈີ. ມາຕຽນ ອັງກິດ: Strychnine, Snake Wood ( Thai: krachi, kot ka kling, ka kling, tumka deng, saleng chai, saleng thom, saleng beau, seng beau, hong-buai-chee Cambodian: slaeng touch, slaeng thom Vietnamese: co chi, cu chi, ma tien Chinese: ma qian zi English: strychnine, snake woo)

Synonyms :
Strychnos ligustrina Blume
Strychnos nux-vomica var. oligosperma Dop
Strychnos spireana Dop
Strychnos vomica St.-Lag.

Family:
Loganiaceae

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Ecology
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Use
Use types:
Medicine

Comments on use types:

Seng beua seeds are the main commercial source of strychnine and brucine, used for poison or medicine. The nuts are processed into a poison used as a bitter flavouring for medicinal purposes, and as a raw material for the production of muscle relaxants or drugs to treat rheumatism, joint aches and paralysis. Extract of nux vomica is very often used in combination with other plant extracts in pills. Juice from the fresh bark is used against cholera and dysentery. A poultice made of the leaves treats chronic ulcers, while seeds can be boiled in milk and pounded into a paste to detoxify opium addicts. The seeds can apparently be eaten when immature, but this is not recommended as an overdose can result in death.
 


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References
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References:
NAFRI, NUoL, SNV.2007. Non - Timber forest products in the Lao PDR. A Manmual of 100 Commercial and Traditional products. The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Insititute.
Saydara, K. and Lamxay, V. 1999. Non-Timber Forest Products with commercial Potential in Lao PDR.
Smitinand, T. & Larsen, K., eds. (1993) Flora of Thailand, Vol. 6, part 3. (Royal Forest Department: Bangkok). Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, P.R. China.

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