Biology:Iresine diffusa

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Iresine diffusa

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Iresine
Species:
I. diffusa
Binomial name
Iresine diffusa
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Iresine diffusa, or Juba's bush,[2] is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. Its form Iresine diffusa f. lindenii, formerly Iresine lindenii, is commercially available as an ornamental.[3][4]

Planting of Iresine diffusa f. lindenii

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.[5]

Folk use

It is used to treat ovary inflammation in Peru.[6]

Chemistry

Drimenes in aerial parts.[7]

References

Data related to Iresine diffusa at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q5920228 entry