Rank Species | Genus Flueggea Higher classification Flueggea | |
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Similar Securinega, Flueggea, Euphorbiaceae, Actaea cimicifuga, Rhododendron aureum | ||
Flueggea suffruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name yī yè qiū (Chinese: 一叶秋).
Securinega suffruticosa contains the alkaloid securinine which has been regarded as a CNS stimulant since the 1960s, and was used to study other related effects on the CNS as a GABAA receptor antagonist in Russia and China.
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