''Plumbago pulchella'' is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
on the
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family.
Most species in this family are perennial herbaceous plants, but a few grow as ...
family.
It is referred to by the common name cola de iguana.
[Conabio.gob.mx: ficha informativa para ''Plumbago pulchella'']
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The plant species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to more than 20 states in Mexico.
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Medicinal uses
Pulchellidin
Pulchellidin (Pl) is an ''O''-methylated anthocyanidin. It is a blue-red plant pigment. It can be found in ''Plumbago pulchella''.
Glycosides
* Pulchellidin 3-rhamnoside (molecular formula : C22H23O11, exact mass : 463.124036578) is reported in ' ...
, an O-methylated anthocyanidin, can be found in ''Plumbago pulchella''.
It is a traditional medicinal plant
Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including Plant defense against her ...
in Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica. W ...
, including of the Rarámuri people in northwestern Mexico.Google Books: ''Tarahumara Medicine: Ethnobotany and Healing Among the Rarámuri of Mexico''
by Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascón, Alfonso Paredes; University of Oklahoma Press, 2015.
In
Michoacán
Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...
it is used as a
veterinary medicine
Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...
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References
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pulchella
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Veracruz
Medicinal plants of North America
Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
Plants described in 1848
Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier
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