Pilocarpus microphyllus

Pilocarpus microphyllus
Green stem with 4 large (perhaps 2-4cm across) almond shaped green leaves splayed on each side by visible central cellulose, as well as one at the tip, which is being held with apparently left thumb and index finger of a human hand, presumably that of the photographer. In background other plants, some likely the same species are visible, though appear to have some sort of blight speckling them with brown spots. The foreground specimen is not so effected
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Pilocarpus
Species:
P. microphyllus
Binomial name
Pilocarpus microphyllus
Stapf ex Wardlew.

Pilocarpus microphyllus, the Maranham jaborandi, is a plant species in the genus Pilocarpus found native to several states in northern Brazil.[1]

Commercial production of the alkaloid muscarinic receptor agonist pilocarpine is derived entirely from the leaves of the shrub.

References

  1. ^ De Abreu, Ilka Nacif; Sawaya, Alexandra Cristine H. F.; Eberlin, Marcos Nogueira; Mazzafera, Paulo (November–December 2005). "Production of Pilocarpine in Callus of Jaborandi (Pilocarpus microphyllus Stapf)". In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology. Plant. 41 (6). Society for In Vitro Biology: 806–811. JSTOR 4293939.

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