Condurango

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Cundurango
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Gonolobus
Species: G.condurango

Binomial name
Gonolobus condurango
Decne.

Gonolobus condurango, commonly known as Cundurango or Condurango, is the bark of a South American vine of the milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer.

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