Biology:Ecbolium viride

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ecbolium viride
Ecbolium viride - Marie Selby Botanical Gardens - Sarasota, Florida - DSC01764.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ecbolium
Species:
E. viride
Binomial name
Ecbolium viride
(Forssk.) Alston
Synonyms
  • Ecbolium linneanum var. rotundifolium (Nees) C.B.Clarke
  • Ecbolium viride var. chandrasekariana Remadevi & Binojk.[1]
  • Ecbolium viride var. dentatum (Klein ex Link) M.R.Almeida[1]
  • Ecbolium viride var. laetevirens Raizada[1]
  • Justicia rotundifolia Nees[1]
  • Justicia viridis Forssk.[1]

Ecbolium viride is a species of Ecbolium of the family Acanthaceae.[1] It can be found in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, where it is widely used as a medicinal plant.[2][3]

Flower
Pollen

Chemical present

Leaves, roots and flowers contain orientin, vitexin, isoorientin, isovitexin.[2][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston". INDIA BIODIVERSITY PORTAL. https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266657. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "ECBOLIUM VIRIDE (Forsk.) Alst.". mpbd.info. http://www.mpbd.info/plants/ecbolium-viride.php. 
  3. Cheedella, Hari Kumar; Alluri, Ramesh; Ghanta, Krishna Mohan (2013). "Hepatoprotective and antioxidant effect of Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston roots against paracetamol-induced hepatotoxicity in Albino Wistar rats". Journal of Pharmacy Research 7 (6): 496–501. doi:10.1016/j.jopr.2013.06.001. 
  4. Lalitha KG and Sethuraman MG (2010). "Anti-inflammatory activity of roots of Ecbolium viride (Forsk) Merrill.". J Ethnopharmacol 128 (1): 248–50. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.12.030. PMID 20045456. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15318933 entry