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Accession Data:

Chondrodendron tomentosum Ruiz & Pav.

  • Common Name: Curare
  • Family: Menispermaceae Juss

  • Country of Origin: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guyana, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia
  • Habitat: Amazon basin

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500033
  • Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
  • Provenance: 
    Smith# 12415 - from a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
  • Accession Date: 05-29-2015
  • Bench: 1305 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 12-18-2019
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
      Plant contains abundant alkaloids including the arrow poison d-tubocurarine

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Menispermaceae
  • SubFamily: Menispermoideae
  • Tribe: Tiliacoreae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Panama / Guyana / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil North

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
    2. Curare at Raintree Tropical Plant Database. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
    3. Chondrodendron tomentosum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.
    4. Chondrodendron tomentosum at National Tropical Botanical Garden. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018.

    data regenerated on Sat, 18 Jan 2020 20:27:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

    Chondrodendron tomentosum

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    Current Accessions in the Menispermaceae

    Subfamily Menispermoideae
    Tribe Menispermeae

    • Sinomenium acutum

    Subfamily Menispermoideae
    Tribe Tiliacoreae

    • Chondrodendron tomentosum
    • Cocculus laurifolius
    • Stephania cyanantha W/C
    • Stephania japonica
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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