Pilocarpus Jaborandi
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''Pilocarpus jaborandi'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Rutaceae The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rueRUTACEAE
in BoDD – Botanical Derm ...
, native to northeast Brazil. It is a source of the drug
pilocarpine Pilocarpine is a medication used to reduce pressure inside the eye and treat dry mouth. As eye drops it is used to manage angle closure glaucoma until surgery can be performed, ocular hypertension, primary open angle glaucoma, and to bring abou ...
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Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of Northeast Brazil Plants described in 1892 Zanthoxyloideae {{Rutaceae-stub