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Deguelia rufescens var. urucu (Killip & A.C.Sm.)A.M.G.Azevedo

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GENUS: Deguelia Aubl.

Deguelia rufescens var. urucu (Killip & A.C.Sm.)A.M.G.Azevedo [Preferred name]
    Derris urucu (Killip & A.C.Sm.)J.F.Macbr. {Synonym}
    Lonchocarpus urucu Killip & A.C.Sm. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Timbo Assu [2169]; Timbo Carajuru [2169]; Timbo Uassu [2169]; Timbo Urucu [2169]; Timbo Vermelho [2169]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  South America
Brazil (I) [1231, 1442, 2267]; Colombia (I) [2267]; Venezuela (I) [2267]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2169, 2267] ; Distribution Map [2267] ; Illustration [2267]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
USES:
  Toxins

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1231.

  Ducke, A., 1949
    Bol.Tecn.Inst.Agron.N.18:1-248 Notas Flora Neotropica-II:Ama

2169.

  Krukoff, B.A. & Smith, A.C., 1937
    Amer.J.Bot.24(9):573-587 Rotenone-yielding plants of S.Amer.

2267.

  Azevedo Tozzi, A.M.G.de, 1989
    PhD thesis, Univ.of Campinas, Brazil

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