Pilocarpus

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Pilocarpus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pilocarpus (Greek, pilos, a cap, and karpos, a fruit, from the shape of the fruit). Rutaceae. Shrubs or small trees, sometimes attaining 10 feet. Leaves pinnately compound, of 1-4 pairs and a terminal lft.; lfts. opposite, but the lvs. usually alternate: fls. in elongated racemes; petals 4-5. valvate; stamens 4-5; ovary 4-5-lobed, not tubercled.—Seventeen species, natives of Trop. Amer., principally Brazil. The plants of the genus form the source of the alkaloid "pilocarpine," and together with plants of several other genera, the source of the drug jaborandi." P. Jaborandi, Holmes, has been described as P. pennatifolius,by Bentl. & trim., but is distinguished from it by shorter lvs. and lfts., stiffly pubescent branchlete and sts., more openly fld. raoemes, with slender rachis and pedicels, and the presence of 2 inconspicuous bracteolea above the middle of the fl.-pedicela. B.M.7483 Arnold V. Stubenrauch. F.Tracy Hubbard. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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