condurango

con·du·ran·go

(kon-dū-rang'gō),

The bark of Gonolobus condurango, Marsdenia condurango (family Asclepiadaceae), a shrub of Ecuador and Peru; an aromatic bitter and astringent.

[Peruv.]

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.