Loganiaceae
Strychnine tree
Strychnos nux-vomica
- Family
- Loganiaceae
- Genus
- Strychnos
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Common names
By language (48)
- Arabic
- جوز مقيء, جوز القيء, خبز الغراب
- arz
- جوز مقيء
- Asturian
- Árbol (de) la esternina
- azb
- قارغا بوکن
- Azerbaijani
- Qarğabükən
- Belarusian
- Чылібуха
- Bulgarian
- Стрихниново дърво
- Burmese
- ခပေါင်းပင်
- Chinese
- 馬錢子, 马钱子, 番木鳖, 苦实把豆儿, 马钱子（马钱、番木鳖）, 大方八, 火失刻把都, 牛眼
- Czech
- Kulčiba dávivá
- Danish
- Rævekage
- Divehi
- ތަނބިވައް
- Dutch
- Braaknoot
- English
- Strychnine tree, Nux vomica, Poison fruit, Quaker buttons, Semen strychnos
- Estonian
- Harilik strühniinipuu
- Finnish
- Strykniinipuu, Ketunstrykniinipähkinä
- French
- Noix vomique, Vomiquier
- frr
- Speinöd
- Georgian
- Ქუჩულა
- German
- Gewöhnliche Brechnuss, Brechnussbaum, Brechnuß, Krähenaugenbaum, Strychninbaum
- Hebrew
- אגוז הקיא, אגוז ההקאה
- Hindi
- कुचिला
- Hungarian
- Farkasmaszlag
- io
- Vomiknuco
- Japanese
- マチン, バンボクベツ, バンボクベツシ, ホミカ, マチンシ, 蕃木鼈, 蕃木鼈子, 馬銭
- Kannada
- ಕಾಸರಕ
- Lithuanian
- Nuodingasis činčiberas
- lzh
- 番木鱉
- Malayalam
- കാഞ്ഞിരം, കാരസ്കരം
- Marathi
- कुचला
- Odia
- କୋଚିଲା, କୋଚିଳା
- Persian
- جوزالقی
- Polish
- Kulczyba wronie oko, Kulczyba
- Portuguese
- Nux vomica
- Punjabi
- ਕੁਚਲਾ
- Russian
- Чилибуха, Рвотный орех, Стрихниновое дерево, Чилибуха обыкновенная, Чилибуха, рвотный орех
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇတိုင်ႇ, မၢၵ်ႇၼမ်ႉတႃသႂ်
- Spanish
- Nuez vomica, Nuez vómica
- Swedish
- Rävkaketräd, Kräknöt, Rävkaka
- Tamil
- எட்டி மரம்
- tcy
- ಕಾಯೆರ್ ಮರ
- Telugu
- ముషిడి, ముష్ఠి, విషముష్టి
- Thai
- แสลงใจ, ตูมกาแดง, ต้นแสลงใจ, โกฐกะกลิ้ง
- Turkish
- Kargabüken, Nux vomica, Striknin ağacı
- Ukrainian
- Чилібуха
- Urdu
- Nux vomica ihomeopathic in urdu
- Vietnamese
- Mã tiền
- Yiddish
- ברעך-נוס
Synonyms
- Strychnos nux-vomica var. oligosperma Dop
- Strychnos ovalifolia Stokes
- Strychnos spireana Dop
- Strychnos vomica St.-Lag.
Photos
FruitPhoto: Aruna Gamuz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: madhavan a.p, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.