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Ocotea cymbarum

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Species of tree

Ocotea cymbarum
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Ocotea
Species: O. cymbarum
Binomial name
Ocotea cymbarum
Kunth

Ocotea cymbarum is a species of Ocotea in the plant family Lauraceae. It is an evergreen tree found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Medical uses

The essential oils from Ocotea cymbarum are often used in the synthesis of MDMA (contracted form of 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine); a psychoactive drug of the substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamine and substituted amphetamine classes of drugs that is consumed primarily for its euphoric and empathogenic effects. Pharmacologically, MDMA acts as a serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent and reuptake inhibitor.

References

  1. de Kok, R. (2022). "Mespilodaphne cymbarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T32488A198141056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T32488A198141056.en. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. "Ocotea cymbarum Kunth". The Plant List. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
Taxon identifiers
Ocotea cymbarum


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