EPPO Global Database

Strychnos toxifera(SYHTO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SYHTO
  • Preferred name: Strychnos toxifera
  • Authority: Bentham

Notes

Central America, South America (northern, to Bolivia). Used in past centuries as an arrow poison


Common names
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