Mespilodaphne cymbarum
{{Short description|Species of tree}}
{{speciesbox
| image = Ocotea cymbarum.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Mespilodaphne
| species = cymbarum
| authority = (Kunth) Trofimov
| synonyms =
- Alseodaphne amara {{small|(Mart.) Kostel.}}
- Alseodaphne cymbarum {{small|(Kunth) Kostel.}}
- Laurus coruscans {{small|Willd. ex Nees}}
- Licaria cymbarum {{small|(Kunth) Pittier}}
- Misanteca cymbarum {{small|(Kunth) Lundell}}
- Nectandra amara {{small|Nees ex Meisn., not validly publ.}}
- Nectandra barcellensis {{small|Meisn.}}
- Nectandra caparrapii {{small|Sand.-Groot ex Nates}}
- Nectandra cymbarum {{small|(Kunth) Nees}}
- Nectandra elaiophora {{small|Barb.Rodr.}}
- Nectandra oleifera {{small|Posada-Ar. ex Nates}}
- Ocotea amara {{small|Mart. (1830)}}
- Ocotea amara {{small|Mart. (1831), nom. illeg.}}
- Ocotea barcellensis {{small|(Meisn.) Mez}}
- Ocotea caparrapii {{small|(Sand.-Groot ex Nates) Dugand}}
- Ocotea cymbarum {{small|Kunth}} (basionym)
- Oreodaphne oleifera {{small|Posada-Ar.}}
|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Mespilodaphne cymbarum (Kunth) Trofimov |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77198011-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=22 May 2025}}
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Mespilodaphne cymbarum is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is an evergreen tree found in northern Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Medical uses
The essential oils from Mespilodaphne cymbarum are often used in the synthesis of MDMA (contracted form of 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine); a psychoactive drug of the substituted methylenedioxyphenethylamine and substituted amphetamine classes of drugs that is consumed primarily for its euphoric and empathogenic effects. Pharmacologically, MDMA acts as a serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent and reuptake inhibitor.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
References
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Category:Flora of northern South America
Category:Flora of North Brazil
Category:Trees of South America
Category:Least concern biota of South America
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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