Biology:Bothriocline longipes

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Short description: Perennial herb or shrub

Bothriocline longipes
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bothriocline
Species:
B. longipes
Binomial name
Bothriocline longipes
(Oliv. & Hiern) N.E.Br.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bothriocline schimperi var. longipes Oliv. & Hiern
  • (Oliv. & Hiern) S.Moore Oliv. & Hiern
  • S.Moore Erlangea squarrosula
  • Bothriocline tomentosa Chiov.
  • Bothriocline eupatorioides (Oliv. & Hiern) Wild & G.V.Pope
  • (Oliv. & Hiern) S.Moore Erlangea tomentosa var. acuta
  • Erlangea eupatorioides R.E.Fr.
  • Erlangea longipes (Hutch. & B.L.Burtt) Wild & G.V.Pope
  • Hutch. & B.L.Burtt Erlangea pubescens
  • Bothriocline schimperi var. tomentosa S.Moore
  • Erlangea tomentosa Erlangea spissa

Bothriocline longipes is a woody perennial herb or shrub in the family Asteraceae.[1][2] It is capable of reaching three meters tall.

Description

Woody herb or shrub, leaves, opposite, petiole is up to 2.5 cm long; leaf-blade is narrowly ovate with an acute apex and a base that is cuneate to rounded. Flowers, corolla is lilac, mauve or bright purple colored [3]

Chemistry

Compounds isolated from the flowers of the species shows the presence of anthocyanidins.[4] Oil extracted from the seed of Bothriocline longipes was identified to contain non epoxy tri-glycerides and epoxy acids.[5]

Uses

Extracts of the species are used as ingredients of a regimen of herbal remedies to treat a variety of pain or inflammatory related issues. Leaf extracts are used in managing colic pains, diarrhea, syphilis and conjunctivitis.[6] Parts of root is chewed to ameliorate sore throat.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bothriocline longipes (Oliv. & Hiern) N.E.Br.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:185814-1. 
  2. ↑ "Bothriocline longipes (Oliv. & Hiern) N.E.Br.". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/MNBT. 
  3. ↑ Beentje, Hank (2000). Flora of Tropical East Africa - Compositae 1 (2000). Henk Beentje. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. pp. 148. ISBN 90-6191-395-0. OCLC 45341200. 
  4. ↑ Adaku, Christopher; Skaar, Irene; Berland, Helge; Byamukama, Robert; Jordheim, Monica; Andersen, Øyvind M. (2019-02-01). "Anthocyanins from mauve flowers of Erlangea tomentosa (Bothriocline longipes) based on erlangidin – The first reported natural anthocyanidin with C-ring methoxylation" (in en). Phytochemistry Letters 29: 225–230. doi:10.1016/j.phytol.2018.12.016. ISSN 1874-3900. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1874390018306050. 
  5. ↑ Phillips, B. E.; Smith, C. R.; Hagemann, J. W. (1969). "Glyceride structure ofErlangea tomentosa seed oil, a new source of vernolic acid" (in en). Lipids 4 (6): 473–477. doi:10.1007/BF02531027. ISSN 0024-4201. PMID 5367929. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1007/BF02531027. 
  6. ↑ Muhwana, Isaac; Obakiro, Samuel Baker; Ibanda, Ivan; Crucifix, Pender Gift; Afodun, Adam Moyosore; Odoma, Saidi (2020-05-22). "Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of the aqueous leaf extract of Erlangea tomentosa (Asteraceae) in rats and mice". Journal of Pharmacy & Bioresources 17 (1): 19–23. doi:10.4314/jpb.v17i1.4. ISSN 0189-8442. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jpb/article/view/196109. 
  7. ↑ Glover, P. E.; Stewart, Joyce; Gwynne, M. D. (1966). "Masai and Kipsigis Notes on East African Plants: Part III—Medicinal Uses of Plants" (in en). East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 32 (2): 200–207. doi:10.1080/00128325.1966.11662117. ISSN 0012-8325. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00128325.1966.11662117. 

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