| Scientific Name | Strychnos nux-vomica L. |
| Trade Name | Strychnine tree or Snake wood |
| Local Name | Kanjiram |
| Family | Loganiaceae |
| Tree Size | Medium to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 15 - 20 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 70 |
| Tree Distribution | Southern moist mixed deciduous, moist teak bearing and Southern dry mixed deciduous forests |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Not distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Yellowish with greyish marks and with numerous white strands of interxylary phloem |
| Heartwood Colour | |
| Hardness | Hard to moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.75 |
| Weight | Heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 880 |
| Texture | Medium coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight to shallowly interlocked grain |
| Growth Rings | Indistinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Medium sized to small |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary, in straight or oblique rows of two to six or tangential clusters of four to six |
| Vessel Diameter | 110 - 170 140 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 320 - 470 470 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal |
| Pit Size | Small ( 4-7 µm),non-vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and polygonal |
| Ray Nature | Medium sized to broad,moderately numerous and widely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | Four to eight cell wide homogeneous, wholly made up of procumbent cells. |
| Ray Number | 12 - 14 |
| Ray Height | 410 - 1600 920 |
| Fibre Walls | Thick walled,non-septate; simple pits on radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | |
| Uses | Axe handles and hammer shafts, cart wheels, legs of cots, agricultural implements, boards & panels and medicines |
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