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Accession Data:

Strychnos spinosa Lam.

  • Common Name: Green Monkey Orange
  • Family: Loganiaceae Mart.

  • Country of Origin: Eastern Cape to Kwazulu-Natal northwards to Mozambique
  • Habitat: bushveld, riverine fringes, sand forest and coastal bush

  • USDA Zone: 11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500036
  • Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
  • Accession Date: 08-03-2015
  • Bench: 1118 - AFR:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Loganiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Angola / Mozambique / Zimbabwe / Botswana / Cape Provinces / Namibia / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Madagascar

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 May 2015.
  2. Srychnos spinosa at Wikipedia. Accessed 29 May 2015.
  3. Srychnos spinosa at PlantzAfrica. Accessed 29 May 2015.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:15:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Loganiaceae

  • Spigelia marilandica
  • Strychnos spinosa
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