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Plumbago pulchella

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Plumbago pulchella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Genus: Plumbago
Species:
P. pulchella
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

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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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  1. ^ "Plumbago pulchella Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Conabio.gob.mx: ficha informativa para Plumbago pulchella(in Spanish)
  3. ^ Pulchellidin on metabolomics.jp
  4. ^ Google Books: Tarahumara Medicine: Ethnobotany and Healing Among the Rarámuri of Mexico; by Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascón, Alfonso Paredes; University of Oklahoma Press, 2015.