Latua pubiflora

Latua pubiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Genus: Latua
Species: L. pubiflora
Binomial name
Latua pubiflora
(Griseb.) Baill.
Synonyms

Lycioplesium pubiflorum Griseb. (basionym) [1]

Latua pubiflora (Palo de los brujos) is the sole representative of the monotypic endemic plant genus Latua native to Chile, where it prefers wet habitats in southern coastal mountains. Latua pubiflora produces four tropane alkaloids: scopolamine, hyoscyamine, apoatropine and 3α-cinnamoyloxitropane, giving it deliriant properties.[2]

Latua pubiflora

References

  1. "Latua pubiflora (Griseb.) Baill.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Beltsville, MD, USA: USDA Agricultural Research Service.
  2. Muñoz, O.; Casale, J. F. (2003). "Tropane Alkaloids from Latua pubiflora" (pdf). Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 58c (9–10): 626–628. ISSN 0939-5075. PMID 14577619.
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