Wat (wie) is jaborandi - definitie
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Jaborandi (disambiguation)
Jaborandi
·noun The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.
jaborandi
[?d?ab?'randi]
¦ noun
1. a drug made from the dried leaves of certain South American plants, which contain the alkaloid pilocarpine and promote salivation when chewed.
2. a plant that yields this drug. [Pilocarpus jaborandi and other species.]
Origin
C17: from Tupi-Guarani jaburandi, lit. 'a person who spits'.
Pilocarpus jaborandi
SPECIES OF PLANT
Pilocarpus cearensis; Pilocarpus officinalis
Pilocarpus jaborandi is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, native to northeast Brazil. It is a source of the drug pilocarpine.
Wikipedia
Jaborandi
Jaborandi may refer to:
- Jaborandi, São Paulo, a municipality in Brazil
- Jaborandi, Bahia, a municipality in Brazil
- Jaborandi, common name for several plant species in genus Pilocarpus
