Family: LoganiaceaeDistribution: Common in deciduous forests. India , Indo-China and Malaysia.Local name in Telugu: Mushti. Eng: Nuxvomica.Photographed at Eastern ghats of Nellore district, India.6-8m tall deciduous trees. Leaves 5-8x3-7cm, orbicular-ovate, coriaceous. Flowers 6-8mm across, greenish white in short axillary cymes. Fruits 3-5cm across, globose, orrange-yellow, pericarp hard and thick. Seeds 1.5-2cm, globose, compressed, ashy-grey. Bark, and seed are used as fish poison. Seeds are used in ulcers and dysentry in very small quantities.. It is a poisonous tree.
This is a primitive cactus from Mexico, with leaves as well as thorns. It seems reported mainly from Baja. Chirau Mita Gardens, northwestern Argentina.