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Ocotea cymbarum

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Ocotea cymbarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Ocotea
Species:
O. cymbarum
Binomial name
Ocotea cymbarum

Ocotea cymbarum is a species of Ocotea in the plant family Lauraceae.[2] It is an evergreen tree found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Medical uses

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The essential oils from Ocotea cymbarum are often used in the synthesis of MDMA (contracted form of 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine); a psychoactive drug of the substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamine and substituted amphetamine classes of drugs that is consumed primarily for its euphoric and empathogenic effects. Pharmacologically, MDMA acts as a serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent and reuptake inhibitor.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ de Kok, R. (2022). "Mespilodaphne cymbarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T32488A198141056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T32488A198141056.en. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Ocotea cymbarum Kunth". The Plant List. Retrieved 2017-08-02.