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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS5 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF718 records
01Narrative
Cayaponia tayuya (tayuya or taiuiá) is a vine that grows in the Amazon region of South America, in the nations of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. Its roots are used in herbal medicine. Studies in rodent models have shown that several cucurbitacins isolated from tayuya may have anti-inflammatory properties and reduce damage from arthritis. Some cucurbitacins can be made anti-rheumatic agent.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Cayaponia tayuya across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 11≤1 km 5
16 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor19
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 9>10 km 2
11 georeferenced · 686 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence697
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions26 of 81 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
104
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
31
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
28
JBRJlocation not on record
27
Chaguaramas, TT
26
Feira de Santana, BR
25
Salvador, BR
24
Chicago, US
23
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
21
UFBAlocation not on record
20
Cenargenlocation not on record
18
CEPLAClocation not on record
17
Saint Louis, US
17
UFPElocation not on record
15
Brasília, BR
14
UnBlocation not on record
13
UNIVASFlocation not on record
12
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
11
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record
10
Santa Teresa, BR
10
INMAlocation not on record
10
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
10
Masindi, UG
10
UFRPElocation not on record
10
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Brasília, BR
9
UNICAMPlocation not on record
8
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
8
Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record
8
USP-IBlocation not on record
8
Kew, GB
7
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
7
UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record
6
UFMGlocation not on record
6
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record
6
UFERSAlocation not on record
6
IPA/SPlocation not on record
5
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
5
Campo Mourão, BR
5
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
4
Xiamen, CN
4
UFPRlocation not on record
3
ESALQlocation not on record
3
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
3
Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR
3
UFRRJlocation not on record
2
Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record
2
Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
2
UNESClocation not on record
2
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record
2
CPATSAlocation not on record
2
UNESP-RClocation not on record
2
Santarém, BR
2
Fortaleza, BR
2
UFMSlocation not on record
2
UFVJMlocation not on record
2
VALElocation not on record
2
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
2
Criciúma, BR
2
Londrina, BR
1
UFSCarlocation not on record
1
UFESlocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
Corrientes, AR
1
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
MUFALlocation not on record
1
Sucre, BO
1
Wayland Universitylocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
UERJlocation not on record
1
UEGlocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
UESBlocation not on record
1
Seropédica, BR
1
PUC-RSlocation not on record
1
81 institutions · 688 of 697 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
