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Strychnos ignatii
Also called Ignatius Bean, Saint Ignatius Beans, St. Ignatius' Bean
St. Ignatius bean is a woody climbing vine (liana) from wet tropical forests of southern China and Southeast Asia, known for its seeds rich in strychnine. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care is rarely needed outside botanical collections.
Strychnos ignatii is a tree in the family Loganiaceae, native to the Philippines, particularly in Catbalogan and parts of China. The plant was first described by the Moravian (Czech) Jesuit working in the Philippines, brother Georg Kamel who named its seeds "the beans of St. Ignatius", in honour of the founder of his religious order.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
