Zinowiewia integerrima explained

Zinowiewia integerrima is a species of tree in the family Celastraceae. It ranges from northeastern Mexico through Central America to northern Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss. The plant is used medicinally.^[1]

Trees grow up to 13 meters. It has very small, round flowers with five petals. It flowers in March and April.^[2] Its fruits have one or two seeds, whereas all other Zinoweiwia species have only one seed. The leaves are also smaller than other species.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Muñoz-Martínez . F. . Mendoza . C. R. . Bazzocchi . I. L. . Castanys . S. . Jiménez . I. A. . Gamarro . F. . 10.1021/jm058003f . Reversion of Human Pgp-Dependent Multidrug Resistance by New Sesquiterpenes from Zinowiewia costaricensis . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry . 48 . 13 . 4266–4275 . 2005 . 15974580. 10261/80813 .
2. Robert E. Woodson, Jr., Robert W. Schery, Gabriel Edwin, Ding Hou. Flora of Panama. Part VI. Family 103. Celastraceae, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1975. .
3. C. L. Lundell, Studies in the American Celastraceae I. New Species of Microtropis, Wimmeria and Zinowiewia, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 65, No. 7, Oct., 1938