Biology:Maytenus robusta

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Maytenus robusta
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Maytenus
Species:
M. robusta
Binomial name
Maytenus robusta
Reissek

Maytenus robusta,[1] known in Brazil as cafezinho do mato or coração de bugre, is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. It is endemic to Brazil.

Maytenus robusta is used in folk medicine to treat gastric ulcers.[2][3][4]

References

  1. "Maytenus robusta Reissek — The Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-6600215. 
  2. A. Balbach A flora nacional na medicina doméstica Vida Plena, 2 (1980), p. 34
  3. S.C. Cunha Ação farmacológica da espinheira-santa: usos e precauções Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras (2003), p. 100
  4. Niero, Rivaldo; Faloni de Andrade, Sergio; Cechinel Filho, Valdir (1 June 2011). "A Review of the Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Plants of the Maytenus Genus". Current Pharmaceutical Design 17 (18): 1851–1871. doi:10.2174/138161211796391029. PMID 21554223. 

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