Mitragyna ciliata

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Mitragyna ciliata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Mitragyna
Species:
M. ciliata
Binomial name
Mitragyna ciliata
Aubrév. & Pellegr. [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Hallea ciliata(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) J.-F.Leroy

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]

Phytochemicals

Mitragyna ciliata leaf contains the alkaloids rotundifoline, isorotundifoline, rhynchophylline, isorhynchophylline, ciliaphylline, rhynchociline and mitraciliatine. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr.", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-01-27
  2. ↑ "Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2023-01-27
  3. ↑ Martin, Claude (1991). The Rainforests of West Africa. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag. p. 81. ISBN   0-8176-2380-9.
  4. ↑ 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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