| Strychnos toxifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Loganiaceae |
| Genus: | Strychnos |
| Species: | S. toxifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Strychnos toxifera | |
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Strychnos syntoxica Sprague & Sandwith | |
Strychnos toxifera, called bush rope and devil doer, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Strychnos, native to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.[2] It is the principal source of calabash or gourd curare.[3]
Macusine B is an alkaloid inhibitor of adrenergic alpha-receptors and tryptamine receptors that can be isolated from Strychnos toxifera.[4]
- ^ Fl. Med.: 530 (1838)
- ^ a b "Strychnos toxifera R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2012). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 3607. ISBN 9781482250640.
- ^ Leonard, B. E. (November 1965). "The inhibition of adrenergic alpha-receptors and tryptamine receptors by macusine B". The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 17 (11): 755–757. doi:10.1111/j.2042-7158.1965.tb07600.x. ISSN 0022-3573. PMID 4379810.