Taxon: Chondrodendron tomentosum Ruiz & Pav.

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Common names:

• pareira   (Source: AH 505 ) – Portuguese
  
• kurare-lian   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: source of tubocurarine   (fide Import Medicinal Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Panama
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
• Croat, T. B. 1978. Flora of Barro Colorado Island. 393.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. [mentions].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Chondrodendron tomentosum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Chondrodendron tomentosum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Chondrodendron tomentosum.

Check other web resources for Chondrodendron tomentosum Ruiz & Pav.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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