Abuta

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Genus of flowering plants

title: "Abuta" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["menispermaceae", "menispermaceae-genera", "flora-of-the-neotropical-realm", "taxa-named-by-jean-baptiste-christophore-fusée-aublet"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/menispermaceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuta" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

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Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, of about 32 species, native to tropical Central and South America.

Description

It consists in dioecious climbers or rarely erect trees or shrubs (Abuta concolor) with simple leaves. Flowers in composed panicles. Male flowers: sepals 6, in 2 whorls, petals absent, stamens 6, connate or free, introrse, anthers with a longitudinal or transverse dehiscence. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male, staminodes 6, carpels 3, drupes ovoid, endocarp woody, condyle septiform, endosperm ruminate, embryo curved, cotyledons appressed. It inhabits tropical rain forests.

Taxonomy

Abuta is usually classified in the tribe Anomospermeae Miers, together with Anomospermum Miers.

Synonymy

The genera Anelasma Miers and Batschia Thunb. have been brought into synonymy with Abuta.

Uses

Abuta is one of the components of the arrow poison curare of some indigenous tribes of South America (especially Abuta imene from Colombia). Roots of Abuta rufescens are used as medicinal in diseases of the urogenital tract, but it is dangerous.

Species

Species accepted by Plants of the World Online as of March 2024:

References

References

  1. Mabberley, D. J.. (1997). "The Plant-Book". Cambridge University Press.
  2. "''Abuta'' Aubl.".

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