Strychnos ignatii

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Regnum*: Viridiplantae
Cladus: Streptophyta
Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta
Cladus: Embryophyta
Cladus: Polysporangiophyta
Divisio*: Tracheophyta
Cladus: Eutracheophyta
Cladus: Euphyllophytina
Cladus: Megaphylla
Cladus: Radiatopses
Cladus: Lignophyta
Cladus: Metalignophyta
Diviso*: Spermatophyta
Classis*: Angiospermae
Cladus: Mesangiospermae
Cladus: Eudicota
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Loganiaceae
Tribus: Strychneae
Genus: Strychnos
Species: Strychnos ignatii
Name

Strychnos ignatii P.J.Bergius, 1778
Synonyms

Homotypic
Strychnos nova Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 779, 784 (1908), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
Faba bengalensis Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 2: 435 (1824)
Ignatia amara L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 149 (1782)
Ignatiana philippica Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 126 (1790)
Strychnos balansae A.W.Hill in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 200 (1917)
Strychnos beccarii Gilg in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 267 (1897)
Strychnos cuspidata A.W.Hill in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 359 (1909)
Strychnos hainanensis Merr. & Chun in Sunyatsenia 2: 306 (1935)
Strychnos ignatia Lindl. in Fl. Med.: 530 (1838), orth. var.
Strychnos krabiensis A.W.Hill in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1940: 199 (1940)
Strychnos lanceolaris Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 551 (1861)
Strychnos maingayi var. fructuosa C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 88 (1883)
Strychnos ovalifolia Wall. ex G.Don in Gen. Hist. 4: 65 (1837), nom. illeg.
Strychnos philippensis Blanco in Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 61 (1845)
Strychnos pseudotieute A.W.Hill in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 287 (1911)
Strychnos tieute Lesch. in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 16: 479 (1810)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-tropical
Regional: China
China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan
Regional: Southeastern Asia
Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Bergius, P.J. 1778. Materia Medica e Regno Vegetabili, sistens simplicia officinalia, pariter atque culinaria- Volume: Tom I. 1-448 pp. Stokolm. BHL Reference page. : 1:146.

Links

Hassler, M. 2023. Strychnos ignatii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Strychnos ignatii. Published online. Accessed: August 04 2023. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Strychnos ignatii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 04. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Strychnos ignatii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 August 2023.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Strychnos ignatii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
català: Fava de Sant Ignasi
Deutsch: Ignatius-Brechnuss
English: St. Ignatius bean

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.
Etymology

The plants was originally named by Kamel for Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of Kamel's Jesuit missionary order. It is known in the Philippines under the names of: aguwason, dankkagi (Visayan language) or igasud (in Cebuano language).
Fruit

The fruit of S. ignatii is the size and shape of a pear, and has almond-like seeds known as Saint Ignatius' beans.[1]
Seeds of Strychnos ignatii
The seeds or "beans" of Strychnos ignatii
Strychnine

The beans of the plant contain the alkaloids strychnine and brucine.[2]
References

Ignatia. enotes.com Archived March 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Datta De, B; Bisset, N. G. (1990). "Alkaloids of Strychnos ignatii". Planta Medica. 56 (1): 133. doi:10.1055/s-2006-960910. PMID 17221391.