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Naucleopsis glabra

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Naucleopsis glabra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Naucleopsis
Species:
N. glabra
Binomial name
Naucleopsis glabra
Spruce ex Pittier
Synonyms

Ogcodeia glabra Mildbr.[1]

Naucleopsis glabra is a South American plant species in the family Moraceae.

The plant is used medicinally by people in parts of the Peruvian Amazon.[2] Its bark is antimicrobial, especially to gram-positive bacteria.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Moraceae Naucleopsis glabra Spruce". The International Plant Names Index. Plant Names Project. 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. ^ Polesna, L.; Polesny, Z.; Clavo, M. Z.; Hansson, A.; Kokoska, L. (2011). "Ethnopharmacological inventory of plants used in Coronel Portillo Province of Ucayali Department, Peru". Pharmaceutical Biology. 49 (2): 125–136. doi:10.3109/13880209.2010.504927. PMID 20942601.
  3. ^ Kloucek, P.; Svobodova, B.; Polesny, Z.; Langrova, I.; Smrcek, S.; Kokoska, L. (2007). "Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal barks used in Peruvian Amazon". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 111 (2): 427–429. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2006.11.010. PMID 17178202.