Steinmetz:Pilocarpus

Pilocarpus microphyllus ( and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Pilocarpus microphyllus ( and other species) Family Rutaceae English Names Jaborandi shrub Maranham Natural Habitat Brazil Paraguay West Indies Part(s) Used Folia Jaborandi = Folia Pilocarpi

Constituent(s) pilocarpine isopilocarpine pilocarpidine jaborine jaboridene essential oil malic acid tannin potassium chloride Action sudorific heart-sedative stimulant hair-tonic sialagogue expectorant used in the treatment of epilepsy. In ophthalmic surgery pilocarpine nitrate is used to contract the pupil and to reduce intra-ocular pressure in glaucoma