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Cnidoscolus urens

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Internal ID UUID644032a1799ce241698970
Scientific name Cnidoscolus urens
Authority (L.) Arthur
First published in Torreya 21: 11 (1921)

Description Top

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Cnidoscolus urens is a perennial, tropical American stinging herb of the family Euphorbiaceae. It is known locally as 'bull nettle', 'spurge nettle', 'bringamosa' and 'mala mujer' (evil woman). The plant has an erect stem and is herbaceous when young, turning woody with age and from 50 to 150 centimeters tall. It produces white flowers in cymes and a spiny 3-seeded capsule with edible elaiosome. The entire plant is covered in stinging hairs, and has a native range covering Central and South America. It is monoecious and self-compatible, with male and female flowers appearing superficially similar. The principal pollinator during the dry season is a butterfly, Eurema daira. The stinging hairs consist of a multi-cellular pedestal and a single, elongate, hollow cell with a slightly swollen tip. If part of the plant is eaten it causes swelling of the lips, flushing of the face, vomiting and even unconsciousness. Its latex is highly corrosive and may produce serious sores. A study in Costa Rica revealed that larvae of Erinnyis ello, a moth

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Jatropha adenophila Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, VII: 400 (1914)
Jatropha herbacea L. Sp. Pl. : 1007 (1753)
Jatropha loefgrenii Pax & K.Hoffm. Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, I: 107 (1910)
Jatropha neglecta Houst. ex Baill. Étude Euphorb. : 304 (1858)
Jatropha osteocarpa Schott ex Pax Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, I: 98 (1910)
Jatropha tubulosa var. triloba Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 212 (1865)
Jatropha urens L. Sp. Pl. : 1007 (1753)
Jatropha urens var. brachyloba Müll.Arg. Fl. Bras. 11(2): 500 (1874)
Jatropha urens var. herbacea (L.) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1101 (1866)
Jatropha urens var. marcgravii (Pohl) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1101 (1866)
Jatropha urens f. osteocarpa (Pohl) Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1101 (1866)
Jatropha urens var. osteocarpa (Pohl) Müll.Arg. Fl. Bras. 11(2): 500 (1874)
Jatropha vitifolia var. repanda Pax Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, I: 88 (1910)
Manihot herbacea Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 167 (1766)
Manihot urens Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 167 (1766)
Bivonea urens (L.) Arthur Torreya 22: 30 (1922)
Janipha urens Poir. ex Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 63 (1827)
Jatropha urens var. neglecta (Pohl) Müll.Arg. Fl. Bras. 11(2): 501 (1874)
Jussieuia herbacea Houst. Reliq. Houstoun. : 6 (1781)
Cnidoscolus adenophilus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 , 19c: 166 (1931)
Cnidoscolus herbaceus I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 86 (1923)
Cnidoscolus loefgrenii (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 , 19c: 166 (1931)
Cnidoscolus marcgravii Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 58 (1827)
Cnidoscolus mexicanus Klotzsch ex Pax Pflanzenr. , IV, 147, I: 98 (1910)
Cnidoscolus neglectus Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 60 (1827)
Cnidoscolus osteocarpus Pohl Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1: 63 (1827)
Cnidoscolus urens subsp. adenophilus (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Breckon Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 1114 (1988)
Cnidoscolus vitifolius var. repandus Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 53 (1879)
Cnidoscolus michauxii Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 5: 87 1830
Jatropha urens var. genuina Müll.Arg. Prodr. 15(2): 1100 (1866)

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Cnidoscolus urens var. neglectus (Pohl) Lourteig Ark. Bot. , a.s., 3: 85 (1955)
Cnidoscolus urens var. stimulosus (Michx.) Govaerts World Checkl. & Bibliogr. Euphorbiaceae : 398 (2000)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • Cuba
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Paraguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000899398
UNII 466H23RVRF
USDA Plants CNUR
Tropicos 12802475
INPN 629376
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61899-2
The Plant List kew-44256
Open Tree Of Life 607945
Observations.org 198621
NCBI Taxonomy 316878
IUCN Red List 150016331
IPNI 61899-2
iNaturalist 81817
GBIF 3073653
Freebase /m/0wqyf3n
EOL 1147659
Elurikkus 363106
USDA GRIN 70191
Wikipedia Cnidoscolus_urens

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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The influence of exotic and native plants on illnesses with physical and spiritual causes in the semiarid region of Piauí, Northeast of Brazil da Silva PH, Ferreira Júnior WS, Zank S, do Nascimento AL, de Abreu MC J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10895823
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00667-y
PMID:38409039
The Meaning of Plants' Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties dos Santos Dantas Lima L, Felipe Domingues Passero L, Indriunas A, de Souza Santos I, Francisco Uchôa Coqueiro L, Alexandre Souza da Cruz K, Batista de Almeida A, Carlos Fernandes Galduróz J, Rodrigues E Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10896657
doi:10.1155/2024/6678557
PMID:38410808
Effects of season of fire on bee‐flower interaction diversity in a fire‐maintained pine savanna Ulyshen M, Robertson K, Horn S, Dixon C Ecol Evol 21-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10441176
doi:10.1002/ece3.10450
PMID:37608923
Local Knowledge and Use of Medicinal Plants in a Rural Community in the Agreste of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil da Costa Ferreira E, Anselmo MD, Guerra NM, Marques de Lucena C, Felix CD, Bussmann RW, Paniagua-Zambrana NY, Paiva de Lucena RF Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8731275
doi:10.1155/2021/9944357
PMID:35003314
Temporal assessment of the medicinal plants trade in public markets of the state of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil da Costa Ferreira E, de Lucena RF, Bussmann RW, Paniagua-Zambrana NY, da Cruz DD J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 19-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8684639
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00496-3
PMID:34924006
Role of Fibrinolytic Enzymes in Anti-Thrombosis Therapy Altaf F, Wu S, Kasim V Front Mol Biosci 28-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8194080
doi:10.3389/fmolb.2021.680397
PMID:34124160
Exchange of medicinal plant information in California missions McBride JR, Cavero RY, Cheshire AL, Calvo MI, McBride DL J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7296748
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00388-y
PMID:32539795
Biodiverse food plants in the semiarid region of Brazil have unknown potential: A systematic review Jacob MC, Araújo de Medeiros MF, Albuquerque UP PLoS One 07-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7205212
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0230936
PMID:32379775
Spatio-temporal effects of climate change on the geographical distribution and flowering phenology of hummingbird-pollinated plants Correa-Lima AP, Varassin IG, Barve N, Zwiener VP Ann Bot 16-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6798834
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz079
PMID:31310652
Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality Torres-Avilez W, do Nascimento AL, Santoro FR, de Medeiros PM, Albuquerque UP Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6594245
doi:10.1155/2019/8313790
PMID:31281403
Presence and Distribution of Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Colombia Ravelo EE, Vaca JU, Arévalo EP, Delgado L, Díaz MF, Piñeros L, Castro ÁP, Brochero H, Goldarazena A J Insect Sci 27-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6159315
doi:10.1093/jisesa/iey092
PMID:30260452
Cultural significance of the flora of a tropical dry forest in the Doche vereda (Villavieja, Huila, Colombia) Rosero-Toro JH, Romero-Duque LP, Santos-Fita D, Ruan-Soto F J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC5865281
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0220-0
PMID:29566709
What Factors Guide the Selection of Medicinal Plants in a Local Pharmacopoeia? A Case Study in a Rural Community from a Historically Transformed Atlantic Forest Landscape da Silva TC, da Silva JM, Ramos MA Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 21-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5822874
doi:10.1155/2018/2519212
PMID:29576793
Medicinal Plants from North and Central America and the Caribbean Considered Toxic for Humans: The Other Side of the Coin Alonso-Castro AJ, Domínguez F, Ruiz-Padilla AJ, Campos-Xolalpa N, Zapata-Morales JR, Carranza-Alvarez C, Maldonado-Miranda JJ Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 02-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5688365
doi:10.1155/2017/9439868
PMID:29234446
Altitudinal gradients, biogeographic history and microhabitat adaptation affect fine-scale spatial genetic structure in African and Neotropical populations of an ancient tropical tree species Torroba-Balmori P, Budde KB, Heer K, González-Martínez SC, Olsson S, Scotti-Saintagne C, Casalis M, Sonké B, Dick CW, Heuertz M PLoS One 03-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5542443
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0182515
PMID:28771629

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Beta-Amyrin 73145 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94550-3
Germanicol 122857 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(C2=C1)CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94550-3
Germanicol acetate 14167342 Click to see CC(=O)OC1CCC2(C3CCC4C5=CC(CCC5(CCC4(C3(CCC2C1(C)C)C)C)C)(C)C)C 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94550-3
Lupeol 259846 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C 426.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94550-3
Lupeol acetate 92157 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)OC(=O)C)C)C 468.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94550-3
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50080A011
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Aryl ketones / Aryl alkyl ketones
Isoxochitlolone 126586 Click to see CC1=CC2=C(C=C3C=CCC(C3CC2=O)(C)C)C=C1O 268.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50080A011

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