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Dorstenia logo #21000 Dorstenia is a genus of about 105 species in the plant family Moraceae. Most species are Neotropical or Afrotropical, with a single species in India, Sri Lanka and the island of Socotra (Yemen). Dorstenia is named in honor of the German physician and botanist Theodor Dorsten (1492 - 1552). Species in this genus were a source of the herbal preparat...
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Dorstenia

Dorstenia logo #21217Dorsetenia is a genus of plants of the natural order Urticaceae or nettles, found in tropical America. They have their naked flowers buried in a flat, fleshy, somewhat concave receptacle. Dorsetenia Contrayerva and other species have a stimulant and tonic rhizome, which was formerly used medicinally under the name of contrayerva.
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