Desmos zeylanicus

Species of flowering plant

Desmos zeylanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Desmos
Species:
D. zeylanicus
Binomial name
Desmos zeylanicus
(Hook. f. & Thomson) Saff.

Desmos zeylanicus is a plant species in the plant family Annonaceae within the genus Desmos.[1] In Antiquity it was sometimes used as a folk remedy for Genital Warts, however, there is no scientific evidence to support its efficacy for such.[2]

References

  1. ^ GBIF
  2. ^ "The Annotated Checklist", The Vascular Plants of Iowa, University of Iowa Press, pp. 29–188, retrieved 2022-04-20
Taxon identifiers
Desmos zeylanicus
  • Wikidata: Q15355501
  • CoL: 3546C
  • EoL: 304065
  • GBIF: 3155158
  • IPNI: 72818-1
  • Open Tree of Life: 3868226
  • Plant List: kew-2763079
  • POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72818-1
  • Tropicos: 100321849
  • WFO: wfo-0000642416


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