Chondrodendron tomentosum
| Chondrodendron tomentosum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Order: | Ranunculales | 
| Family: | Menispermaceae | 
| Genus: | Chondrodendron | 
| Species: | C. tomentosum | 
| Binomial name | |
| Chondrodendron tomentosum | |
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Chondrodendron tomentosum is one of six accepted species in the small genus Chondrodendron, belonging to the Moonseed family Menispermaceae. It is a large tropical liana native to Central and South America. It contains highly toxic alkaloids and is one of the sources of the arrow poison curare – specifically 'tube curare', the name of which is derived from the name of the medicinally valuable alkaloid tubocurarine.