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Plumbago pulchella

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Species of plant in the family Plumbaginaceae

Plumbago pulchella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Plumbago
Species: P. pulchella
Binomial name
Plumbago pulchella
Boiss.

Plumbago pulchella is a species of flowering plant in the Plumbaginaceae family. It is referred to by the common name cola de iguana.

The plant species is endemic to Mexico, where it is native to more than 20 states.

Medicinal uses

Pulchellidin, an O-methylated anthocyanidin, can be found in Plumbago pulchella.

It is a traditional medicinal plant in Mesoamerica, including of the Rarámuri people in northwestern Mexico.

In Michoacán it is used as a veterinary medicine.

References

  1. "Plumbago pulchella Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Conabio.gob.mx: ficha informativa para Plumbago pulchella−(in Spanish)
  3. Pulchellidin on metabolomics.jp
  4. 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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Plumbago pulchella
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