Strychnos patatorum, Linn. F |
Family : Lgoniaceae |
Common Name : Cleaning-nut tree |
Telugu Name : Chilla |
General :
It is fairly common throughout Andhra Pradesh. Identified by fluted branches, black or brownish corky bark and shining leaves. It is a shade bearer and drought resistant. It coppices well and produces suckers.
Flowering :
The small whitish fragrant flowers in axillary cymes appear from February to May. |
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Fruiting : |
The green globose fruits ripen October to March. |
Morphology of the Fruit / Seed : |
Fruit berry, green in colour but black when ripe, globose, 1.3 to 2 cms in dia., seeds present in a whitish pulp, bluntly lenticular, not much compressed, shining with short adpressed silky hairs, yellow in colour. |
Seed Collection and Storage : |
Seeds are collected from February to March. The pulp is washed off to obtain the seeds. Seeds can be stored for one year. |
Seed Biology : |
No. of seeds per Kg. |
Germination percentage |
Plant percent |
Time taken for germination in days |
No. of seedlings per Kg. of seed |
1660 |
10 |
10 |
45 to 60 |
166 |
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Pretreatment : |
Mild boiled water treatment and soaking in water for 48 hours. |
Nursery Technique : |
Seeds are put in the polybags in April and continuously watered. After 45 days, the shoot comes up with the cotyledons just like a round cap. The root growth is very fast compared to the shoot growth and so a longer polythene bag is required for raising the seedlings.
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