Aspidosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family apocynaceae, first. Generating an epub file may take a long time, please be patient. Aspidosperma apocynaceae in mexico and central america. Aspidosperma quebracho mt helps in removing temporary obstruction to the oxidation of the blood by stimulating respiratory centres increasing oxidation and excretion of carbonic acid. Plants that belong to the genus aspidosperma apocyanaceae are known to be very rich in indole alkaloids and have an ethnomedical history of use as traditional remedies for erectile dysfunction. Aspidosperma macrocarpon is a timber tree native to brazil, venezuela, bolivia, paraguay, and. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. Aspidosperma megalocarpon massart kromantikopi, kleinbladig family. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Apocynaceae includes approximately 70 species of deciduous or evergreen trees found from mexico to argentina, growing in a variety of habitats from the dry campos and cerrado of south central brazil to the inundated river margins of. The plant list includes 168 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus aspidosperma. Aspidosperma macrocarpon is a timber tree native to brazil, venezuela, bolivia, paraguay, and peru.
The isolation of alkaloids from species of aspidosperma trees and their structural elucidation give rise to theories that attempt to explain their biosynthetic origin. Pdf aspidosperma rizzoanum is a new species of cerrado from goias and. Aspidosperma nitidum benth used as a remedy to treat fever and malaria in the amazon. Aspidosperma megalocarpon is an evergreen tree that can grow 7 30 metres tall. It belongs to subgenusaspidosperma sectionaspidosperma and is closely related to thea. The plant list includes a further 42 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus aspidosperma. American market, a manual to their structure, identifi cation. The principal action of this drug is to cause a diminution of the number of pulsebeats per minute and lessen the frequency of the respiratory act. In the field of indoletype alkaloids, one of the earliest theories to explain its biosynthesis arose in 1933, proposing that this type of alkaloid has origin in the reaction between tryptophan, phenylalanine and glicine. Namaskar dosto is video me maine homeopathic medicine aspidosperma ke baare me aap ko jaankari di hai, dosto ye medicine asthma, c o p d.
It is of value in dyspnea due to asthma or heart disease, asthma with emphysema, uremic asthma, and. Aspidosperma macrocarpon is a deciduous tree with an open crown growing 3 25 metres tall. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The bark from remo caspis buttress roots are a very common remedy of the local people throughout the amazon rainforest for malaria. Aspidosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family apocynaceae, first described as a. Department of agriculture agricultural research service.
Aspidosperma terpenoid alkaloids biosynthetic origin. These are primarily included because names of species rank. Aspidosperma apocynaceae plant cytotoxicity and activity towards. Interlocked grain, shear strength, tropical woods, amburana cearensis, aspidosperma macrocarpon, clarisia racemosa. Remocaspi aspidosperma excelsum file in the tropical. The bole is usually crooked with a deeply fissured bark, it can be 25 35cm in diameter 409. The aspidosperma genus comprises approximately 80 species of trees in tropical south america and the west indies. It is native to south america, central america, southern mexico, and the west indies. Fiftysix species of aspidosperma are reported to occur in brazil 23. Aspidosperma species aspidosperma parvifolium name synonyms aspidosperma tambopatense a. Mariasi y larrion, who has investigated quebracho, says of it. This study examined whether the indole alkaloidal rich fraction f 3. A taxonomic genus within the family apocynaceae flowering plants of central and south america and the west indies. Amarello, amargoso brazil, ibiraromi, palo rosa argentina.
Aspidosperma macrocarpon venezuela, bolivia, paraguay, peru, brazil. Reestablishment, new records, and a key for the species of. Aspidosperma lecointei record aspidosperma lecointei record ex milanez aspidosperma macrocarpon var. It is also used in pulmonary stenosis, thrombosis of pulmonary artery and uraemic dyspnoea. A large tree reaching a maximum height of 125 ft with a wellformed trunk up to 4 or 5 ft in diameter. Has the ability to export drawings to the file of the format of dxf. Apocynaceae is used in popular medicine to treat malaria and dengue. Aspidosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1824. Aspidosperma cruentum is easily distinguished by its corolla lobes not twisted, 1. A decoction of the root bark is usually prepared for malaria and. In 1980 quaisuddin isolated from aspidosperma peroba a quaternary alkaloid, which he designated alkaloid q 3 198.
Acta entomologica musei nationalis pragae, 552, 2015 515 aspidosperma mart. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the search for novel natural substances active against erectile dysfunction. Aspidosperma cruentum is recognized again as a valid species after being included in the. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 17301 with original publication details. The bole can be free of branches for most of its height and 20 80cm in diameter 331.
The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Pdf descriptions of two new pseudophacopteron species. Pdf chemical constituents from aspidosperma illustre. Pdf two new species of the large pantropical jumping plantlouse genus pseudophacopteron enderlein, 1921. Pdf a new species of aspidosperma apocynaceae from the. If the structure proposed for alkaloid q 3 were correct, alkaloid q 3 would be identical. Apocynaceae of bahia, brazil field museums field guides. Reported to occur in abundance in the state of sao paulo.
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