7425. Pilocarpus

Nomenclature

Jaborandi.

Description and references

Leaves of Pilocarpus jaborandi Holmes (Pernambuco jaborandi), or of P. microphyllus Stapf (Maranhao jaborandi), Rutaceae. Habit. Brazil, Paraguay. Constit. About 1% alkaloids of which about 0.5% is pilocarpine; pilocarpidine, isopilocarpine, jaborine, jaboridine, jaboric acid, pilocarpic acid.

Therapeutic Category

Sudorific; miotic.