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Pfaffia glomerata
Pfaffia glomerata is a medicinal plant native to Argentina, Bolivia. Cerrado, and Pantanal in Brazil.
Pfaffia glomerata is considered an aphrodisiac, potentially due to the presence of β-ecdysone in its roots. This steroid is thought to influence libido.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 483529.