Biology:Iresine diffusa
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Iresine diffusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Iresine |
| Species: | I. diffusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
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Iresine diffusa, or Juba's bush,[1] is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. Its form Iresine diffusa f. lindenii, formerly Iresine lindenii, is commercially available as an ornamental.[2][3]
Appearance
Herb 1–2 m, stem a little grooved, nodes jointed. Leaves opp, 14 x 7 cm, edge smooth. Flowers minute, greenish-white, panicle 40 cm long, male more open, female compact, 1 mm. Seed 0.5 mm.[4]
Folk use
It is used to treat ovary inflammation in Peru.[5]
Chemistry
Drimenes in aerial parts.[6]
References
- ↑ "Iresine diffusa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=IRDI. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ "Iresine diffusa f. lindenii (Van Houtte) L.B.Sm. & Downs" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/129901-2.
- ↑ "Iresine lindenii blood leaf". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2023. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/41191/iresine-lindenii/details.
- ↑ conabio
- ↑ [Bussman, J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 6:30 2010 PMID 21040536 http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/6//30].
- ↑ [Rios, Magn Reson Chem 43:339 2005 PMID 15674810].
Wikidata ☰ Q5920228 entry
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