Plumbago pulchella is a species of flowering plant in the Plumbaginaceae family. It is referred to by the common name cola de iguana.Conabio.gob.mx: ficha informativa para Plumbago pulchella−
The plant species is endemic to Mexico, where it is native to more than 20 states.
Medicinal uses Pulchellidin, an O-methylated anthocyanidin, can be found in Plumbago pulchella.Pulchellidin on metabolomics.jp
It is a traditional medicinal plant in Mesoamerica, including of the Rarámuri people in northwestern Mexico.Google Books: Tarahumara Medicine: Ethnobotany and Healing Among the Rarámuri of Mexico; by Fructuoso Irigoyen-Rascón, Alfonso Paredes; University of Oklahoma Press, 2015.
In Michoacán it is used as a veterinary medicine.
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