Claim · model-written summary
Strychnos nux-vomica was less frequent in settlements than groves.
- Taxon
- Strychnos nux-vomica
Strychnos nux-vomicae0 - Outcome
- nearly absente0
- Direction
- nearly absente0
- Value
- 5%e0
- Qualifier
- 77%e0
- Comparator
- sacred grovese0
- Setting
- human settlementse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatment
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The larger-seeded Strychnos nux-vomica was nearly absent in human settlements (5%) compared to sacred groves (77%)”
Title
Omkar Pai; Jayant Sarnaik; Archana Godbole; et al. PLoS ONE 2026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0343978
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation The study documented 82 giant trees of 20 species.
- Association Sacred groves had higher large-tree species richness than settlements.
- Observation Mango and jackfruit dominated settlement tree composition.
- Association Terminalia bellirica and other species were more abundant in sacred groves.
- Association Settlement giant trees had larger canopy diameter.
- Association Settlement giant trees had larger DBH.
- Association Sacred grove trees were taller.
- Association Caryota urens saplings occurred beneath 91% of grove trees versus 47% in settlements.
- Association Caryota urens mean sapling recruitment was 56.0 in groves versus 4.9 in settlements.
- Recommendation Sacred groves retain diverse giant trees with conservation value.