| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr. | |
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Mitragyna ciliata is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the Gardenia Family (Rubiaceae), native to the rainforests of west and west-central tropical Africa. It was first described in 1936. It root structure is curious; the roots leave the ground in a smooth arc, then re-enter to make a subsurface arc, which is then repeated several times, and remindful of porpoises swimming at the sea's surface.
Phytochemicals
Mitragyna ciliata leaf contains the alkaloids rotundifoline, isorotundifoline, rhynchophylline, isorhynchophylline, ciliaphylline, rhynchociline and mitraciliatine.
References
- ^ "Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-01-27
- "Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2023-01-27
- Martin, Claude (1991). The Rainforests of West Africa. Boston: Birkhauser Verlag. p. 81. ISBN 0-8176-2380-9.
- Beckett, A. H.; Shellard, E. J.; Tackie, A. N. (1963). "The Mitragyna Species of Ghana". Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 15: 166T–169T. doi:10.1111/j.2042-7158.1963.tb11206.x. PMID 14101604. S2CID 10741027.
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