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Abuta is a genus of about 34 species of climbing vines, occasionally shrubs or small trees, native to tropical Central and South America and found in rain forests. Few members are grown as ornamentals; most are wild plants of humid tropical forest.
Abuta is a genus in the flowering plant family Menispermaceae, with thirty-four species, native to tropical Central and South America.
Abuta is one of the components of the arrow poison curare of some indigenous tribes of South America (especially Abuta imene from Colombia). Roots of Abuta rufescens are used as medicinal in diseases of the urogenital tract, but it is dangerous.
Abuta grandifolia · Abuta grisebachii · Abuta imene · Abuta rufescens · Abuta vaupesensis
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