Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Piperales > Aristolochiaceae > Isotrema > Isotrema tomentosum

Isotrema tomentosum (common dutchmanspipe; woolly dutchman's pipe)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Aristolochia tomentosa is a species of flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae family.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  We have no specific details for this species but most members of this genus have poisonous roots and stems; The plant contains aristolochic acid, this has received rather mixed reports on its toxicity. According to one report aristolochic acid stimulates white blood cell activity and speeds the healing of wounds, but is also carcinogenic and damaging to the kidneys; Another report says that it is an active antitumour agent but is too toxic for clinical use; Another report says that aristolochic acid has anti-cancer properties and can be used in conjunction with chemotherapy and radiotherapy and that it also increases the cellular immunity and phagocytosis function of the phagocytic cells;
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Flies
Structure [3]  Vine
Height [2]  33 feet (10 m)
Width [2]  39 inches (1 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park V 1926 Alabama, United States
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
Shiloh National Military Park III 4061 Tennessee, United States
Tennessee River Gorge   Tennessee, United States

Predators

Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail)[4]

Providers

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0