Ryania speciosa explained

Ryania speciosa[1] is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae.

The species is significant partly because the alkaloid ryanodine was originally extracted from this South American plant. It is used as a piscicide.[2]

Varieties

The Catalogue of Life lists these varieties:

References

  1. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-13200479 The Plant list
  2. https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/ethnoPlants/report/7676.pdf USDA Phytochemistry

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