Hydnocarpus kurzii
| Hydnocarpus kurzii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Achariaceae |
| Genus: | Hydnocarpus |
| Species: | H. kurzii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb.
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Hydnocarpus kurzii is a species of flowering plant in the family Achariaceae.[2][3] It is found in India and Myanmar. It is used as a traditional medicinal plant.[4]
Working for Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories, the pharmacist Frederick B. Power studied the seeds of various species of chaulmoogra from 1904. Power and colleagues identified chaulmoogric acid, which has the formula C18H32O2, from seeds of what was then called the Taraktogenos kurzii tree.[5]
References
- ^ CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India 1998. Hydnocarpus kurzii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
- ^ a b "Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
- ^ "Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
- ^ M Iqbal Zuberi (2012). "Flora". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Parascandola, John (2003). Chaulmoogra Oil and the Treatment of Leprosy (PDF). American Institute of the History of Pharmacy conference. New Orleans, LA: National Library of Medicine.