Strychnos decussata is a small to medium tree, 3-12 m high. It has a dense crown with many stems. The bark is smooth or wrinkled and dark purplish grey. Branchlets are in opposite pairs, knobbly, sometimes with raised white dots with no spines.
Aug 5, 2022 · Strychnos decussata is a small to medium sized tree which naturally occurs in open-wooded and thickets in tropical Africa.
Strychnos decussata is a small to medium tree with a dense, multi-stemmed crown; it can grow 3 - 12 metres tall.
Strychnos decussata (Pappe) Gilg. Dataset; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank; SPECIES: Published in; Gilg. (1899). In: Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 121.
Strychnos decussata
The native range of this species is S. Somalia to S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Strychnos decussata (Pappe) Gilg ; Common names: Cape teak (English) ; Status: Native ; Flowering time: Oct - Dec ; Zimbabwe distribution: N,E,S ; Spot characters: ...
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From the stem bark of Strychnos decussata (Pappe) Gilg (Loganiaceae), five tertiary indole alkaloids have been isolated and identified.
Cape Teak ; Scientific Name. Strychnos decussata (Pappe) Gilg ; Higher Classification. Dicotyledons ; Family. LOGANIACEAE ; Synonyms. Strychnos atherstonei Harv.
