Pilocarpus

Pilocarpus

taxobox
name = "Pilocarpus"


image_caption = Paraguay Jaborandi ("Pilocarpus pennatifolius")
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Rutaceae
genus = "Pilocarpus"
genus_authority = Vahl
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text|

"Pilocarpus" is a genus of about 13 species of plants belonging to the family Rutaceae, native to the neotropics of South America. Various species are important pharmacologically. Many of the species have the common name Jaborandi.

The taxonomic name "Pilocarpus" means cap-shaped fruit.

;Selected species
*"Pilocarpus jaborandi" (Pernambuco Jaborandi)
*"Pilocarpus microphyllus" (Maranham Jaborandi)
*"Pilocarpus racemosus" (Guadeloupe Jaborandi)
*"Pilocarpus pennatifolius" (Paraguay Jaborandi)
*"Pilocarpus spicatus" (Aracati Jaborandi)

External links

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9392 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Pilocarpus"]
* [http://www.agingeye.net/dryeyes/oral.php


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  • Pilocarpus pennatifolius — Paraguay Jaborandi Pilocarpus pennatifolius Systematik Klasse: Dreifurchenpollen Zweikeimblättrige (Rosopsida) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Pilocarpus pennatifolius — Pilocarpine Pi lo*car pine, n. [From NL. {Pilocarpus pennatifolius} jaborandi; L. pilus hair + Gr. karpo s fruit: cf. F. pilocarpine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi ({Pilocarpus pennatifolius}) as a white amorphous or crystalline… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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