Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. - mahaforest.nic.in

Silviculture / Planting
techniques:
Harvesting /
Extraction:
Special thing to
mention:
Seeds are broadcasted in raised beds after treatment.
Germinated seeds pricked out in polybags. In the vegetative
propagation cuttings or root suckers after from the basal end
are pricked out and transplanted in polybags.
One year old saplings planted in field in 60 cm deep pits.
Fruits, leaves and bark of moderate aged trees are collected.
Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. is a powerful poison in large
doses, producing titanic convulsions and eventually death. In
comparatively lesser doses it may result in mental
derangement. In the indigenous medicine, it is used as a
tonic, stimulant and febrifuge and its preparations are
prescribed for nervous disorders. In Konkan, small doses of
the seeds are given with aromatics in colic In Cambodia seeds
are used as an emetic. They are also used in the preparation
of medicated products for hair and scalp.
Strychnos nux-vomica seeds contain an effective
mammalian poisons called Strychnine and Brucine and at
present they are used more as a poison than as a drug. It is
also useful as an insecticide to kill vermin in fields. Nux-
vomica seeds are often adulterated with the seeds of S.
potatorum, S. nux-blanda, etc.
Two candidate plus trees have been identified by the research
wing at Malgaon site of Dodamarg Research Range. Saplings
are being prepared by Dodamarg Resesach Range.