Plumbago pulchella
Plumbago pulchella, with the common name cola de iguana, is a plant species in the genus Plumbago.[1]
Plumbago pulchella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
Genus: | Plumbago |
Species: | P. pulchella |
Binomial name | |
Plumbago pulchella | |
The plant species is endemic to more than 20 states in Mexico.[1]
Medicinal uses
Pulchellidin, an O-methylated anthocyanidin, can be found in Plumbago pulchella.[2]
It is a traditional medicinal plant in Mesoamerica, including of the Rarámuri people in northwestern Mexico.[3]
In Michoacán it is used as a veterinary medicine.[1]
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References
- Conabio.gob.mx: ficha informativa para Plumbago pulchella−(in Spanish)
- Pulchellidin on metabolomics.jp
- Google Books: Tarahumara Medicine: Ethnobotany and Healing Among the Rarámuri of Mexico; by Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascón, Alfonso Paredes; University of Oklahoma Press, 2015.
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