Mespilodaphne cymbarum
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Species of tree
| Mespilodaphne cymbarum | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Mespilodaphne |
| Species: | M. cymbarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Mespilodaphne cymbarum (Kunth) Trofimov
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Mespilodaphne cymbarum is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is an evergreen tree found in northern Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.[2]
Medical uses
[edit ]The essential oils from Mespilodaphne cymbarum are often used in the synthesis of MDMA (contracted form of 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine); a psychoactive drug of the substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamine and substituted amphetamine classes of drugs that is consumed primarily for its euphoric and empathogenic effects. Pharmacologically, MDMA acts as a serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent and reuptake inhibitor.[citation needed ]
References
[edit ]- ^ de Kok, R. (2022). "Mespilodaphne cymbarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T32488A198141056. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T32488A198141056.en . Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Mespilodaphne cymbarum (Kunth) Trofimov". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 22 May 2025.
