{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Other uses of|snakewood|Snakewood}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Speciesbox |image = Strychnos-minor-SF23055-01.jpg |image_caption = On Mt. Whitfield, Cairns, Queensland |status = LC |status_system = QLDNCA |status_ref = {{R|DESQLD}} |genus = Strychnos |species = minor |authority = Dennst.{{R|APNI|POWO}} |range_map = |synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}} |synonyms = {{Collapsible list |title = 27 synonyms |bullets = on |''Strychnos bancroftiana'' {{small|F.M.Bailey}} |''Strychnos barbata'' {{small|A.W.Hill}} |''Strychnos beddomei'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}} |''Strychnos bicirrhosa'' {{small|Lesch. ex Roxb.}} |''Strychnos celebica'' {{small|Koord.}} |''Strychnos cinnamophylla'' {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} |''Strychnos dubia'' {{small|A.W.Hill}} |''Strychnos forbesii'' {{small|A.W.Hill}} |''Strychnos hypogyna'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}} |''Strychnos kerstingii'' {{small|Gilg & K.Schum.}} |''Strychnos laurina'' {{small|Thwaites}} |''Strychnos laurina'' var. ''thorelii'' {{small|A.W.Hill}} |''Strychnos lenticellata'' {{small|A.W.Hill}} |''Strychnos leuconeura'' {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} |''Strychnos ligustrina'' {{small|Zipp. ex Span.}} |''Strychnos merrillii'' {{small|A.W.Hill}} |''Strychnos micrantha'' {{small|Thwaites}} |''Strychnos minor'' {{small|Blume}} |''Strychnos minor'' var. ''thorelii'' {{small|(A.W.Hill) Tirel}} |''Strychnos multiflora'' {{small|Benth.}} |''Strychnos myriantha'' {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} |''Strychnos pycnoneura'' {{small|Gilg & Gilg-Ben.}} |''Strychnos septemnervis'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}} |''Strychnos septemnervis'' var. ''imberbis'' {{small|A.W.Hill}} |''Strychnos silvicola'' {{small|A.W.Hill}} |''Strychnos similis'' {{small|A.W.Hill}} |''Strychnos thonningii'' {{small|Soler.}} }} }}
'''''Strychnos minor''''', commonly known as '''snakewood''', is a species of plant in the family Loganiaceae found in tropical areas from India through southeast Asia to New Guinea and Australia. It was first described in 1818.
==Description== ''Strychnos minor'' is a woody vine growing up to {{cvt|12|m}} long and a stem diameter up to {{cvt|7|cm}}. The leaves are simple and arranged in opposite pairs on the stems. They have three conspicuous veins arising from the base of the leaf and numerous lateral veins between them in a ladder-like arrangement. Small flowers about {{cvt|5|mm|1}} long are produced in the {{botanygloss|axil|leaf axils}} and are followed by yellow globular fruit about {{cvt|2.5|cm|1}} diameter, containing up to four flat pale brown seeds.{{R|FOA|RFK|FLORANT|PROSEA}}
==Taxonomy== The species was first described by German botanist August Wilhelm Dennstedt in 1818, and published in ''Schlüssel zum Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, oder dreifaches Register zu diesem Werke''.{{R|DENNST}}
==Distribution and habitat== This species is native to the following areas:{{R|POWO}} *Indian subcontinent – India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nicobar Islands *Indo-China – Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaya *Malesia – Sumatera, Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku *Papuasia – New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands *Australia – Tiwi Islands (Northern Territory), Queensland
It inhabits gallery forest and rainforest at altitudes from sea level to about {{cvt|1500|m}}.{{R|FOA|RFK|PROSEA}} In the Tiwi Islands it is associated with permanent springs and spring-fed water bodies.{{R|FLORANT}}
==Conservation== This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act.{{R|DESQLD}} In the Northern Territory it is classed as near threatened.{{R|FLORANT}} {{As of|2026|5}}, it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
==References== {{Reflist|28em|refs= <ref name="DESQLD">{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=9609 |title=Species profile—''Strychnos minor'' |year=2024 |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="APNI">{{cite web |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/119328 |title=''Strychnos minor'' |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547339-1 |title=''Strychnos minor'' Dennst. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2024 |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="FOA">{{cite web |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Strychnos%20minor |title=''Strychnos minor'' |last1=Conn |first1=B.J. |last2=Brown |first2=E.A. |year=2022 |website=Flora of Australia |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="RFK">{{cite web |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Strychnos_minor.htm |title=''Strychnos minor'' |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="FLORANT">{{cite web |url=https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=3070 |title=''Strychnos minor'' |vauthors= Cowie I, Lewis D, etal |year= |website=FloraNT, Northern Territory Herbarium |publisher=Northern Territory Government, Darwin. |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="PROSEA">{{cite book |last1=Padua |first1=L.S. de |last2=Bunyapraphatsara |first2=N. |last3=Lemmens |first3=R.H.M.J. |title=PROSEA: Medicinal and Poisonous Plants 1 |date=1999 |publisher=Backhuys |isbn=978-90-5782-042-7 |url=https://prosea.prota4u.org/view.aspx?id=457 |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="DENNST">{{cite book |last1=Dennstedt |first1=A.W. |title=Schlüssel zum Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, oder dreifaches Register zu diesem Werke |date=1818 |publisher=Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs |location=Weimar |page=33 |url=https://archive.org/details/schlsselzumhort00drakgoog/page/n45/mode/2up |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{Wikispecies}} {{Commonscat}} * [https://www.gbif.org/species/7289325 View a map] of herbarium collections of this species at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility website * [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=1141617 View observations] of this species on iNaturalist * [https://flickriver.com/search/Strychnos+minor View images] of this species on Flickriver.com
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minor Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent Category:Flora of Indo-China Category:Flora of Malesia Category:Flora of Papuasia Category:Flora of the Northern Territory Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Least concern flora of Australia <!-- Category:Taxa named by August Wilhelm Dennstedt --> Category:Plants described in 1818