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Mosannona depressa
Mosannona depressa is an evergreen tree within the Annonaceae family native to tropical southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
English common names include lancewood and wild soursop. Spanish common names include elemuy and yumel.
From the article Mosannona depressa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In medicine
The bark of this tree is used by many people where it is native as medicine for gall stones. The root, cooked with corn silk, was reported used to treat gonorrhea and kidney and bladder problems. Some more modern studies suggest this herb might have cholesterol-lowering properties.
Wikipedia: “Medicinal Use”
Toxicity
Extremely high doses (60 mg/kg) of pure alpha-asarone extracted from lancewood caused significant maternal harm when fed to pregnant mice. At doses of 15, 30 and 60 mg/kg, this compound was lethal to embryos and teratogenic. These concentrations are far beyond what can be achieved using the plant as medicine and therefore has no bearing on whether or not it would cause problems in pregnancy.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Toxicology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 291512.