This study presents a review about "Nó-de-cachorro" (Heteropterys tomentosa A. Juss.), a medicinal species from Mato Grosso State, Brazil. We outlined the characteristics of the species including the plant description, habitat, geographic distribution, ecology, phenology and reproductive biology, chemical and pharmacological properties. Aspects such as ethnobotany (use and used parts), current ways of exploiting and information on cultivation are discussed.
Malpighiaceae; conservation; cultivation; ethnobotany; medicinal plants
