Guarea guidonia explained

Guarea guidonia is a species of flowering plant in the family Meliaceae. It ranges from Cuba and Honduras south to Argentina.

The bark of Guarea rusbyi (Britton) Rusby, a synonym of Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer, is used as an expectorant[1] named cocillana.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl?ethnobot.taxon=Guarea%20rusbyi Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
  2. Ballard . C. W. . 1922 . Histology of cocillana and substitute barks . Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association . 11 . 10. 781–787 . 10.1002/jps.3080111004.

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