Strychnos nux vomica KUCHLA / STRYCHNINE TREE (4 seeds)

Kuchla, strychnine or Strychnos nux-vomica is a tree of the family Loganiaceae.
He is from Asia and Africa.
It is a tree that usually measures in 4 meters in height.
Fruits are orange in the shape of a plum.
Kuchla seeds are flat, shiny and downy.

Strychnos vomica has the peculiarity of containing strychnine (violent poison against small rodents).
Strychnine is a stimulant of the central nervous system.
It increases taste, smell and sight.
At medium dose, it increases the respiratory amplitude just like the henbane.

African Bwiti Tribes use the seeds of this plant during ethnic rituals.
They also make a liquid texture of Strychnos vomica to poison their arrow tips when they go hunting in the jungle.
They also used the strychnine seeds for the peach, in the same way as the fishberry to catch the fish.

Sowing kuchla seeds:

To start, soak your strychnine seeds 24 hours in warm water.
Prepare moistened peat pots, then plant your seedsunder 1 cm deep.
Finally, place your crop in a very hot place at a temperature close to 40 ° C for 3 days, then at a reasonable temperature of 25 to 30 ° C.
Kuchla seeds usually germinate in 3 to 5 weeks.

• Exotic plant rare.
• Product of beautiful orange fruits.
• Highly requested in the laboratory.
• Has many ethnic uses.

Do not consume.
Toxic plant intended solely for research and as an ethnobotanical and shamanic collection plant.