Mitragyna ciliata | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Mitragyna |
Species: | M. ciliata
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Binomial name | |
Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr.
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Mitragyna ciliata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to west and west-central tropical Africa. [1] It was first described in 1936. [2]
Mitragyna ciliata leaf contains the alkaloids rotundifoline, isorotundifoline, rhynchophylline, isorhynchophylline, ciliaphylline, rhynchociline and mitraciliatine. [3]