Taxon: Latua pubiflora (Griseb.) Baill.

 
Genus: Latua
Family: Solanaceae
  Subfamily: Solanoideae
Nomen number: 432042
Place of publication: Hist. pl. 9:334. 1888
Name Verified on: 11-Mar-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 11-Mar-2003
Species priority site is:
Accessions: 0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Economic Importance:

  • Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Vertebrate poisons: fish (fide F ChileReiche)
  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Social: hallucinogen (fide Biol Solan)
  • Social: psychoactive (fide Biol Solan)
  • Social: religious/secular (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)

Distributional Range:

    Native:

  • Southern America

    • Southern South America: Chile - Los Lagos

    • Cultivated:

    . also cult.

References:

  • Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Hawkes, J. G. et al., eds. The biology and taxonomy of the Solanacae. 1979 (Biol Solan) 72.
  • Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada Catalogo de la flora vascular de Chile. 1985 (L Chile)
  • Reiche, K. F. Flora de Chile. 1896-1911 (F ChileReiche)
  • Wiersema, J. H. & B. León World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only]. (World Econ Pl Med)

Synonyms:

Check other web resources for Latua pubiflora (Griseb.) Baill. :

  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.