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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cundurango''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Asclepiadaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Gonolobus]]''
| species = '''''G.condurango'''''
| binomial = ''Gonolobus condurango''
| binomial_authority = [[Joseph Decaisne|Decne.]]
}}

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

==External links==
*[http://www.rain-tree.com/condurango.htm Rain-tree : Cundurango]
*[http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/condur94.html Botanical - A Modern Herbal : Cundurango]

{{Gentianales-stub}}

[[Category:Apocynaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Peru]]
[[Category:Flora of Ecuador]]
[[Category:Flora of Colombia]]

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