Synonym(s)
Paullina cupana
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The guarana climbing shrub is an up to 12 meter high climbing shrub from the soap tree family, which is native to Brazil/Venezuela. Paullina cupana is the parent plant of Paullinae semen and guarana, the guarana paste made from the roasted and powdered seeds.
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Tonic, tonic for states of exhaustion (ESCOP monograph). It is commonly used for heart and digestive problems, diarrhoea and fever.
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4-8% caffeine, catechin tanning agents, tannins, saponins.
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- Ammon HPT et al (2014) Hunnius Pharmaceutical Dictionary 11th Edition Walter de Gruyter Berlin-New York p. 1345
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