Mitragyna ciliata
| Mitragyna ciliata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Mitragyna |
| Species: | M. ciliata
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| Binomial name | |
| Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr.[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitragyna ciliata is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the Gardenia Family (Rubiaceae), native to the rainforests of west and west-central tropical Africa.[1] It was first described in 1936.[2] It root structure is curious; the roots leave the ground in a smooth arc, then re-enter to make a subsurface arc, which is then repeated several times,[3] and remindful of porpoises swimming at the sea's surface.
Phytochemicals
[edit]Mitragyna ciliata leaf contains the alkaloids rotundifoline, isorotundifoline, rhynchophylline, isorhynchophylline, ciliaphylline, rhynchociline and mitraciliatine.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-01-27
- ^ "Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-01-27
- ^ Martin, Claude (1991). The Rainforests of West Africa. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag. p. 81. ISBN 0-8176-2380-9.
- ^ Beckett, A. H.; Shellard, E. J.; Tackie, A. N. (1963). "The Mitragyna Species of Ghana". Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 15: 166T–169T. doi:10.1111/j.2042-7158.1963.tb11206.x. PMID 14101604. S2CID 10741027.
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