condurango (redirected from Gonolobus condurango)

condurango,

n Latin name:
Marsedenia condurango; part used: bark (dried); uses: astringent, antisyphlitic, anorexia, (under research: cancer); precautions: pregnancy, lactation, children, those allergic to the milkweed family, patients with liver disease or chronic seizures, can cause seizures, nausea, hepatotoxicity. Also called
condor-vine bark, condurango bark, condurango blanco, eagle vine, gonolobus, and
condurango triana.