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    Mitragyna stipulosa

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of plant

    Mitragyna stipulosa
    Mitragyna stipulosa (DC.) Kuntze from Blumea 24(1) 52 (1978).png
    Botanical illustration
    Scientific classification edit
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Eudicots
    Clade: Asterids
    Order: Gentianales
    Family: Rubiaceae
    Genus: Mitragyna
    Species:
    M. stipulosa
    Binomial name
    Mitragyna stipulosa
    (DC.) Kuntze
    Synonyms[1]
    • Adina ledermannii K.Krause
    • (DC.) Roberty (DC.) Y.F.Deng
    • K.Krause Mitragyna ledermannii
    • Hallea ledermannii (K.Krause) Ridsdale
    • Fleroya ledermannii (K.Krause) Verdc.
    • Hiern, nom. illeg. Nauclea bracteosa
    • Hallea stipulosa Welw.
    • Adina stipulosa (K.Krause) Y.F.Deng
    • (DC.) J.-F.Leroy DC.
    • Mamboga stipulosa Fleroya stipulosa
    • (DC.) Hiern Nauclea stipulosa
    • Mitragyna macrophylla Mitragyna chevalieri

    Mitragyna stipulosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.

    Phytochemicals

    Mitragyna stipulosa leaf contains the alkaloids Mitraphylline, rotundifoline, isorotundifoline, rhynchophylline and isorhynchophylline.[3][4]

    Sources

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mitragyna stipulosa (DC.) Kuntze" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/756304-1. 
    2. ↑ McCarthy, J. (1962). "The Colonization of a Swamp Forest Clearing (With special reference to Mitragyna stipulosa)". East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 28: 22–28. doi:10.1080/00128325.1962.11661837. 
    3. ↑ Beckett, A. H.; Shellard, E. J.; Tackie, A. N. (December 1963). "The Mitragyna Species of Ghana. The Alkaloids of the Leaves of Mitragyna Ciliata Aubr. Et Pellegr". The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 15: Suppl 166–169. doi:10.1111/j.2042-7158.1963.tb11206.x. PMID 14101604. 
    4. ↑ Ahmad, I.; Prabowo, W. C.; Arifuddin, M.; Fadraersada, J.; Indriyanti, N.; Herman, H.; Purwoko, R. Y.; Nainu, F. et al. (2022). "Mitragyna Species as Pharmacological Agents: From Abuse to Promising Pharmaceutical Products". Life (Basel, Switzerland) 12 (2): 193. doi:10.3390/life12020193. PMID 35207481. Bibcode: 2022Life...12..193A. 

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