Mitragyna

Mitragyna
Mitragyna
Mitragyna parviflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Mitragyna
Korth.

Mitragyna is a genus of trees in the Rubiaceae family. Members of this genus contain antimalarial and analgesic indole alkaloids.[1] Species of this genus include Mitragyna ciliata, Mitragyna ledermannii, Mitragyna parviflora, Mitragyna speciosa, Mitragyna stipulosa.[2] and Mitragyna inermis. The Rubiacae is the fifth largest family of flowering plants by number of genera, and the fourth or fifth largest by number of species.

References

  1. ^ http://www.definitions.net/definition/mitragyna
  2. ^ Rignanese, Luigi. "Botanica Sistematica". Taxonomy - Botanica Sistematica Online. http://angr.altervista.org/botanica/hypertext/1268.htm. Retrieved 2 December 2010. 

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