Ruehssia cundurango
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Marsdenia cundurango[1] | |
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Marsdenia cundurango |
Marsdenia cundurango is a species of plant of the genus Marsdenia. It is native to Peru and Ecuador in South America.[2][3]
Marsdenia cundurango is known to contain conduritol, a cyclitol or cyclic polyol. It was first isolated in 1908 by K. Kübler from the bark of the vine.[4]
References
- ^ 1887 illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler - Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen
- ^ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Marsdenia condurango on www.crescentbloom.com