Euphorbia poissonii
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64403b82585a9483458692 |
| Scientific name | Euphorbia poissonii |
| Authority | Pax |
| First published in | Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8: 62 (1902) |
Description Top
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Euphorbia poissonii is a highly toxic and irritant succulent plant native to northern Nigeria. It is used by local farmers as a pesticide and by the Berom people as a protection against witchcraft. It contains two highly irritant resiniferonol-type esters, resiniferatoxin and tinyatoxin, which bind to pain receptors and stimulate them to fire repeatedly, causing pain. Resiniferatoxin is currently being researched as a possible treatment for chronic pain.
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 泊松麒麟 |
| Chinese | 贝信麒麟 |
| Chinese | 貝信麒麟 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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West Tropical Africa
- Benin
- Burkina
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Togo
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West-central Tropical Africa
- Central African Republic
- Gabon
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West Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000964083 |
| Tropicos | 12804172 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:347829-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-81577 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 1009376 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 212962 |
| IPNI | 347829-1 |
| iNaturalist | 507256 |
| GBIF | 3067073 |
| Freebase | /m/074ds6 |
| EOL | 1144139 |
| Wikipedia | Euphorbia_poissonii |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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| Name | PubChem ID | Canonical SMILES | MW | Found in | Proof |
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| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids | |||||
| Euphorianin | 101427674 | Click to see CCC(C)C(=O)OC1C(C2C3C2(C(OC3C(C(=O)C45CC(C(C4(O5)C=C1C)OC(=O)C)C)C)OC(=O)C)C)OC(=O)C | 590.70 | unknown |
https://doi.org/10.1515/ZNB-1987-0221 https://doi.org/10.1039/P19900000727 |
Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |