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Corkwood Tree
Duboisia myoporoides
Corkwood Tree · Pituri · corkwood · corkwood tree · corkwoodtree · corticeira · duboisia · duboázia poliehavcovitá · eye opening tree · eye-opening-tree · eyeplant · gulgagaru · hard corkwood · korkkipituri · pituri
At a glance
Origin / distribution: French, Australia, German, BR, IN
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Hypnotic, Intoxicant, Parturition, Poison
Science studied: ALKALOIDS, L-ANABASINE, HYOSCINE, DL-ISOPELLETIERINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Solanaceae
Scientific name: Duboisia myoporoides
Common names: Corkwood Tree, Pituri, corkwood, corkwood tree, corkwoodtree, corticeira, duboisia, duboázia poliehavcovitá, eye opening tree, eye-opening-tree, eyeplant, gulgagaru, hard corkwood, korkkipituri, pituri
History
The source record documents this plant in French, Australia, Elsewhere, German, BR, IN.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Hypnotic
- Intoxicant
- Parturition
- Poison
- Psychiatry
- Sedative
- Piscicide
- Mydriatic
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- French
- Australia
- Elsewhere
- German
- BR
- IN
Documented cultural uses
- Hypnotic
- Intoxicant
- Parturition
- Poison
- Psychiatry
- Sedative
- Piscicide
- Mydriatic
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Identification of Granatane Alkaloids from <i>Duboisia myoporoides</i> (Solanaceae) using Molecular Networking and Semisynthesis. · 2024 source ↗
- Quantitative and qualitative investigation of Duboisia myoporoides R.BR. · 2016 source ↗
- Localization and Organization of Scopolamine Biosynthesis in Duboisia myoporoides R. Br. · 2018 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALKALOIDS
- L-ANABASINE
- HYOSCINE
- DL-ISOPELLETIERINE
- TETRAMETHYLPUTRESCINE
- TIGLOIDINE
- TIGLOYLTROPINE
- APOHYOSCINE
- POROIDINE
- ACETYLATROPINE
- BUTROPINE
- HYOSCYAMINE
- ISOPOROIDINE
- NICOTINE
- NORHYOSCYAMINE
- NORNICOTINE
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- SCOPOLAMINE
- VALERODININE
- VALEROIDINE
- VALTROPINE
- ACETYLTROPINE
- ALPHA-POROIDINE
- ANABASINE
- ANATABINE
- ANTABASINE
- APOATROPINE
- APOSCOPOLAMINE
- ATROPINE
- BETULONIC-ACID
- CHLOROPHYLL
- CUSCOHYGRINE
- DOTRIACONTAN-1-OL
- FATTY-ACIDS
- HENTRIACONTANYL-TETRATACONTANOATE
- HYGRINE
- NORATROPINE
- NORSCOPOLAMINE
- PENTATRIACONTAN-4-ONE
- PHOSPHODIESTERASE
- PROPIONYL-OXYTROPANE
- SCOPOLETIN
- SCOPOLIN
- TETRATRIACONTANOIC-ACID
- TROPINE
- TROPINE-NONANOATE
- TROPINONE
- URSOLIC-ACID
- (-)-PELLETIERINE
- 6-HYDROXY-APOATROPINE
- 3-HYDROXYDOTRIACONTAN-28-ONE
- 8-HYDROXYDOTRIACONTAN-30-ONE
- 6-METHYL-DOTRIACONTANE
- (-)-HYOSCYAMINE
- 6-BETA-HYDROXYHYOSCYAMINE
- 6-HYDROXYHYOSCYAMINE
- 3-ALPHA-TIGLOYLOXYTROPANE
- ACETOXYTROPINE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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