Plumbago pulchella
| Plumbago pulchella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Plumbago |
| Species: | P. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Plumbago pulchella Boiss. | |
Plumbago pulchella, with the common name Cola de iguana, is a plant species in the genus Plumbago. [1]
The plant species is endemic to many 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 is is used as a veterinary medicine. [1]
References
- 1 2 3 Conabio.gob.mx: ficha informativa para Plumbago pulchella−(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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