Biology:Aspilia
Aspilia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3] Aspilia is native to sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Yemen, and tropical South America.[4][5] Some authors have merged this genus with Wedelia, but others maintain that more study is required.[6]
Medicinal uses
Historically, Aspilia africana was used in Mbaise and most Igbo speaking parts of Nigeria to prevent conception, suggesting potential contraceptive and anti-fertility properties.[7] Leaf extract and fractions of A. africana effectively arrested bleeding from fresh wounds, inhibited microbial growth of known wound contaminants and accelerated wound healing process.[8] Aspilia is hypothesized to be used as herbal medicine by some chimpanzees.[9][10]
Species
63 species are currently accepted.[5]
- Aspilia africana (Pers.) C.D.Adams
- Aspilia albuquerquei J.U.Santos
- Aspilia almasensis D.J.N.Hind
- Aspilia andrade-limae J.U.Santos
- Aspilia angolensis Muschl.
- Aspilia angustifolia Oliv. & Hiern
- Aspilia aristata Griseb. (unplaced)
- Aspilia baumii O.Hoffm. (unplaced)
- Aspilia belo-horizontinae J.U.Santos
- Aspilia bipartita O.Hoffm.
- Aspilia bojeri DC.
- Aspilia bussei O.Hoffm. & Muschl.
- Aspilia caudata J.U.Santos
- Aspilia calvacantei J.U.Santos
- Aspilia cearensis J.U.Santos
- Aspilia chevalieri O.Hoffm. & Muschl.
- Aspilia ciliata (Schumach.) Wild
- Aspilia clausseniana Baker
- Aspilia cordifolia J.U.Santos
- Aspilia diamantinae J.U.Santos
- Aspilia diniz-cruziana J.U.Santos
- Aspilia discolor J.U.Santos
- Aspilia duarteana J.U.Santos
- Aspilia eckendorffii Philipson
- Aspilia eenii S.Moore
- Aspilia egleri J.U.Santos
- Aspilia erosa J.U.Santos
- Aspilia espinhacensis J.U.Santos
- Aspilia foliosa Benth. & Hook.f.
- Aspilia gillettii Wild
- Aspilia glaziovii Baker
- Aspilia goiazensis J.U.Santos
- Aspilia grazielae J.U.Santos
- Aspilia hatschbachii J.U.Santos
- Aspilia helianthoides (Schumach. & Thonn.) Oliv. & Hiern
- Aspilia ioletae J.U.Santos
- Aspilia itabaianensis J.U.Santos
- Aspilia jolyana G.M.Barroso
- Aspilia kotschyi (Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.) Oliv.
- Aspilia kunthiana S.F.Blake
- Aspilia latissima Malme
- Aspilia linearis S.F.Blake
- Aspilia lisowskiana D.J.N.Hind
- Aspilia macrorrhiza Chiov.
- Aspilia malaissei Lisowski
- Aspilia matogrossensis J.U.Santos
- Aspilia mendoncae Wild
- Aspilia minima Humbert
- Aspilia mossambicensis (Oliv.) Wild
- Aspilia natalensis (Sond.) Wild
- Aspilia paludosa Berhaut
- Aspilia paraensis (Huber) J.U.Santos
- Aspilia pereirae J.U.Santos
- Aspilia platyphylla Huber) J.U.Santos
- Aspilia pluriseta Schweinf. ex Engl.
- Aspilia pohlii Baker
- Aspilia prostrata J.U.Santos
- Aspilia pseudocalea G.H.L. da Silva & A.M.Teles
- Aspilia rudis Oliv. & Hiern
- Aspilia rugulosa Humbert
- Aspilia sahariensis O.Hoffm. & Muschl.
- Aspilia subscandens J.U.Santos
- Aspilia thouarsii DC.
- Aspilia trichodesmoides O.Hoffm.
- Aspilia triplinervia (Kunth) S.F.Blake
References
- ↑ Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-. 1806. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 12
- ↑ Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62
- ↑ Tropicos, Aspilia Thouars
- ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Accessed
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpowo - ↑ Tadessa, Mesfin. 1999. New combinations, varieties, and synonyms in African Compositae. Compositae Newsletter 33:23-32.
- ↑ Oluyemi Kayode A.; Okwuonu Uche C.; Baxter D. Grillo & Oyesola Tolulope, O.,"Toxic Effects of Methanolic Extract of Aspilia africana Leaf on the Estrous Cycle and Uterine Tissues of Wistar Rats" Int. J. Morphol., 25(3):609-614, 2007.
- ↑ BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 7 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6882/7/24
- ↑ "8_1 Chimpanzee Medicine Chest". http://www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/8_1%20Chimpanzee%20Medicine%20Chest.htm.
- ↑ Raffaele Paul "Among the Great Apes",Harper, 2010 p98
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