Marsdenia cundurango

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
Marsdenia cundurango[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Marsdenia
Species:
M. cundurango
Binomial name
Marsdenia cundurango

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

  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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