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Xylopia cuspidata is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Ludwig Diels, the botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the leaves which have an abruptly pointed tip (cuspidatus in Latin).
Based on interviews with traditional healers in Peru extracts from the bark and leaves have been recorded as being used to treat rheumatism.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylopia cuspidata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
