Plumbago pulchella
| Plumbago pulchella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Plumbago |
| Species: | P. pulchella
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| Binomial name | |
| Plumbago pulchella | |
Plumbago pulchella is a species of flowering plant in the Plumbaginaceae family.[1] It is referred to by the common name cola de iguana.[2]
The plant species is endemic to Mexico, where it is native to more than 20 states.[2]
Medicinal uses
[edit]Pulchellidin, an O-methylated anthocyanidin, can be found in Plumbago pulchella.[3]
It is a traditional medicinal plant in Mesoamerica, including of the Rarámuri people in northwestern Mexico.[4]
In Michoacán it is used as a veterinary medicine.[2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Plumbago pulchella.
- ^ "Plumbago pulchella Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c Conabio.gob.mx: ficha informativa para Plumbago pulchella−(in 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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