Coriaria ruscifolia: Difference between revisions
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|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] |
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* subsp. ''microphylla'' <small>(Poir.) J.E.Skog</small> |
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* subsp. ''ruscifolia'' <small>L.</small> |
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* ''Coriaria atropurpurea'' <small>Moc. & Sessé ex DC.</small> |
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* ''Coriaria microphylla'' <small>Poir.</small> |
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* ''Coriaria papuana'' <small>Warb.</small> |
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* ''Coriaria phylicifolia'' <small>Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.</small> |
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* ''Coriaria sarmentosa'' <small>G.Forst.</small> |
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* ''Coriaria thymifolia'' <small>Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.</small> |
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* ''Coriaria tutu'' <small>Linds.</small> |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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''Coriaria ruscifolia'' is a deciduous shrub. It is poisonous except for the "fruit", which are actually petals.<ref name=pfaf>{{cite web|title=Coriaria ruscifolia|url=http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Coriaria+ruscifolia|website=pfaf.org|publisher=Plants for a Future|accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref> |
''Coriaria ruscifolia'' is a deciduous shrub {{Dubious|date=April 2021|reason=Even though the source states it is deciduous there is good reason to believe it is evergreen. All of the other members of the genus are evergreen}}. It is poisonous except for the "fruit", which are actually petals.<ref name=pfaf>{{cite web|title=Coriaria ruscifolia|url=http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Coriaria+ruscifolia|website=pfaf.org|publisher=Plants for a Future|accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref> |
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==Uses== |
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In [[Ecuador]], its fruits are reportedly eaten to produce an inebriated state. The eater is said to experience “sensations of soaring through the air”. The effects are said to be similar to those produced by ''[[Petunia violacea]]''. ''Coriaria ruscifolia'' grows in Mexico as well; it has been suggested that it was the [[Aztec]] inebriant known as tlacopétatl. In the Las Huaringas region, a lake plateau in the northern Peruvian [[Andes]], the local healers (curanderos) refer to ''Coriaria ruscifolia'' as contra-alergica, “against allergies.” They use the herbage to prepare a bath additive that they use to wash patients suffering from allergic reactions. <ref>{{cite book |last=Rätsch |first=Christian |date=25 April 2005 |title= The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8V0oDwAAQBAJ&dq=D%C3%ADaz+1979+tlacop%C3%A9tatl&pg=PT2362 |publisher=Park Street Press |page= |isbn=9780892819782}}</ref> |
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==Toxicity== |
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The fruits contain [[catechol]] derivatives and probably several [[sesquiterpenes]]. Sources state that a toxic substance named [[Coriamyrtin|coriamyrtine]] has been isolated from the plant.<ref>{{cite web|title=compound Summary Coriamyrtin|url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Coriamyrtin|publisher=PubChem}}</ref> The effects are described as initially stimulating but then becoming less pleasant. Death from nervous exhaustion can result. [[Coriamyrtin|Coriamyrtine]] is a sesquiterpene; other sesquiterpenes coriatine, tutine, and pseudotutine have also been reported. Known in [[Chile]] as deu, dewü, huique, huiqui, and matarratones, it is reputed to be a toxic hallucinogen. The fruits are made into rat poison in Chile and are said to be lethal for small children. The [[Mapuche]] use a tea made from the leaves as an emetic. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://doctorlib.info/herbal/encyclopedia-psychoactive-plants-ethnopharmacology/116.html |title= The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=DoctorLib |publisher= |access-date= }}</ref> [[File:CoriamyrtinTransparent.png|thumb|The 2d chemical structure of the toxic sesquiterpene Coriamyrtin ]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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[[Category:Coriariaceae]] |
[[Category:Coriariaceae]] |
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[[Category:Flora of Central America]] |
[[Category:Flora of Central America]] |
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[[Category:Flora of Southern America]] |
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[[Category:Flora of Mexico]] |
[[Category:Flora of Mexico]] |
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[[Category:Poisonous plants]] |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 14 February 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Coriariaceae |
| Genus: | Coriaria |
| Species: | C. ruscifolia
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Coriaria ruscifolia is a plant of the Coriariaceae family.
It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Description
[edit]Coriaria ruscifolia is a deciduous shrub [dubious – discuss]. It is poisonous except for the "fruit", which are actually petals.[1]
Uses
[edit]In Ecuador, its fruits are reportedly eaten to produce an inebriated state. The eater is said to experience “sensations of soaring through the air”. The effects are said to be similar to those produced by Petunia violacea. Coriaria ruscifolia grows in Mexico as well; it has been suggested that it was the Aztec inebriant known as tlacopétatl. In the Las Huaringas region, a lake plateau in the northern Peruvian Andes, the local healers (curanderos) refer to Coriaria ruscifolia as contra-alergica, “against allergies.” They use the herbage to prepare a bath additive that they use to wash patients suffering from allergic reactions. [2]
Toxicity
[edit]The fruits contain catechol derivatives and probably several sesquiterpenes. Sources state that a toxic substance named coriamyrtine has been isolated from the plant.[3] The effects are described as initially stimulating but then becoming less pleasant. Death from nervous exhaustion can result. Coriamyrtine is a sesquiterpene; other sesquiterpenes coriatine, tutine, and pseudotutine have also been reported. Known in Chile as deu, dewü, huique, huiqui, and matarratones, it is reputed to be a toxic hallucinogen. The fruits are made into rat poison in Chile and are said to be lethal for small children. The Mapuche use a tea made from the leaves as an emetic. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Coriaria ruscifolia". pfaf.org. Plants for a Future. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ Rätsch, Christian (25 April 2005). The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications. Park Street Press. ISBN 9780892819782.
- ^ "compound Summary Coriamyrtin". PubChem.
- ^ "The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications". DoctorLib.
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