Ruehssia cundurango

Ruehssia cundurango
	Marsdenia cundurango
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Genus:	Marsdenia
Species:	M. cundurango
Binomial name
	Marsdenia cundurango; Rchb.f.

Marsdenia cundurango is a species of plant of the genus Marsdenia with the common name Condurango. 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

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[1] 1887 illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehler - Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen

[2] 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

[3] Tropicos

[4] Marsdenia condurango on www.crescentbloom.com

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