Strychnos madagascariensisPoir.

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WFO wfo-0000503013 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Strychnos madagascariensis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-27 / obs. 147438776
Strychnos madagascariensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140748625
Strychnos madagascariensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140854173
Strychnos madagascariensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140746560
Strychnos madagascariensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 138162368
Strychnos madagascariensis, photographed by Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan
fig. f Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 150523699
Strychnos madagascariensis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. g Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115886508
Strychnos madagascariensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 26147769

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Strychnos madagascariensis is native: Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Eswatini, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCaprivi StripEswatiniKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesSomaliaTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Strychnos madagascariensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Caprivi Strip CPV
Eswatini SWZ
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Somalia SOM
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Strychnos baronii Baker
  • Strychnos behrensiana Gilg & Busse
  • Strychnos burtonii Baker
  • Strychnos dysophylla Benth.
  • Strychnos dysophylla subsp. engleri (Gilg) E.A.Bruce & J.Lewis
  • Strychnos engleri Gilg
  • Strychnos innocua subsp. burtonii (Baker) E.A.Bruce & J.Lewis
  • Strychnos innocua subsp. dysophylla (Benth.) I.Verd.
  • Strychnos innocua var. burtonii (Baker) E.A.Bruce & J.Lewis
  • Strychnos innocua var. glabra E.A.Bruce & J.Lewis
  • Strychnos leiocarpa Gilg & Busse
  • Strychnos melonicarpa Gilg & Busse
  • Strychnos mocquerysii Aug.DC.
  • Strychnos pachyphylla Gilg & Busse
  • Strychnos polyphylla Gilg & Busse
  • Strychnos quaqua Gilg
  • Strychnos randiaeformis Baill.
  • Strychnos stenoneura Gilg & Busse
  • Strychnos unguacha var. dysophylla (Benth.) Gilg
  • Strychnos unguacha var. micrantha Gilg
  • Strychnos vacacoua Baill.
  • Strychnos wakefieldii Baker

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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