Jamaican gooseberry tree

Jamaican gooseberry tree

Taxobox
name = Jamaican gooseberry tree
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Phyllanthaceae
tribus = Phyllantheae
subtribus = Flueggeinae
genus = "Phyllanthus"
species = "P. acuminatus"
binomial = "Phyllanthus acuminatus"
binomial_authority = L.

The Jamaican gooseberry tree ("Phyllanthus acuminatus") is a herb-like plant of the family Phyllanthaceae, found only in Central America and South America. This plant is used by the local population (the Choco) as a piscicide.

Medical interest

This species is known to contain antineoplastic glucosides, which makes it interesting in the treatment of melanoma. Moreover, phyllanthosthatin isolated from its root is found to inhibit the development of leukemia at laboratory mice.


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