''Angostura'' is a genus of
medicinal plant
Medicinal plants, also called medicinal herbs, have been discovered and used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Plants synthesize hundreds of chemical compounds for various functions, including Plant defense against h ...
native to
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
. Its bark is sometimes used in
bitters
A bitters (plural also ''bitters'') is traditionally an Alcoholic drink, alcoholic preparation flavored with botanical matter for a Bitterness (taste), bitter or bittersweet Flavoring, flavor. Originally, numerous longstanding brands of bitters ...
.
Species
It includes the following species (this list may be incomplete):
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Angostura alipes''
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Angostura trifoliata
''Angostura trifoliata'' is a plant native to South America. It is an evergreen, growing tall. The leaves are composed of three ovoid lanceolate leaflets. The flowers are purplish-white.
Angostura bark is used in the treatment of fevers, whe ...
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References
Zanthoxyloideae genera
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