Cleistanthus collinus

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Cleistanthus collinus

Cleistanthus collinus[2] is a plant species first described by Roxburgh, with its current name after Bentham and Hooker; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae.[3][4] The IUCN categorizes this species as vulnerable.[1] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[3]

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Cleistanthus collinus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Cleistanthus
Species:
C. collinus
Binomial name
Cleistanthus collinus
Synonyms

Lebidieropsis orbiculata var. lambertii
Lebidieropsis orbiculata var. collina
Lebidieropsis orbiculata (Roth) Müll.Arg.
Lebidieropsis collina (Roxb.) Müll.Arg.
Emblica palasis Buch.-Ham.
Bridelia collina (Roxb.) Hook. & Arn.
Andrachne orbiculata Roth
Andrachne cadishaco Roxb. ex Wall.
Amanoa collina (Roxb.) Baill.

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Properties

Cleistanthus collinus (Karra) contains a plant poison also called oduvan (Tamil), kadise (Kannada), Vadisaku (Telugu), Oduku (Malayalam) and Gaja Madara (Sinhala) . Ingestion of its leaves or a decoction of its leaves causes hypokalemia (kaliuresis and cardiac arrhythmias),[5] metabolic acidosis, hypotension and hypoxia[6] probably due to distal renal tubular acidosis, ARDS and toxin induced vasodilatation respectively.[7][8][9] Hypokalemia and acidosis probably also induces rhabdomyolysis resulting in myoglobinuric kidney failure and neuromuscular weakness.[10] Its effects are probably mediated by injury to the distal renal tubules, pulmonary epithelium and peripheral blood vessels due to glutathione depletion[11] (animal studies have shown benefit with N-acetylcysteine).[12]

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