Mitragyna ciliata

Mitragyna ciliata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to west and west-central tropical Africa.[1] It was first described in 1936.[2]

Mitragyna ciliata
Scientific classification edit
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.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Hallea ciliata (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) J.-F.Leroy

Phytochemicals

Mitragyna ciliata leaf contains the alkaloids rotundifoline, isorotundifoline, rhynchophylline, isorhynchophylline, ciliaphylline, rhynchociline and mitraciliatine. [3]

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