Biology:Leonurus japonicus
| Leonurus japonicus | |
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| Leonurus japonicus[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Leonurus |
| Species: | L. japonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leonurus japonicus Houtt.[2]
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Leonurus japonicus, commonly called oriental motherwort[3] or Chinese motherwort, is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Asia, including Korea and Japan , and China to Cambodia.
Description
Plants are annual or biennial, growing from taproots. The stems are upright growing to a height of 30 to 120 cm (12 to 47 in). The flowers are sessile and produced in verticillasters. The calyx is tubular-campanulate shaped and 6 to 8 mm (0.24 to 0.31 in) long with broad triangle shaped teeth. The corolla is white or reddish to purplish red in color. Plants bloom from June to September.[4]
It has escaped cultivation and become naturalized in other parts of the world including South and North America, Europe and Africa.
Uses
Leonurus japonicus is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yìmǔcǎo (Chinese: 益母草), literally "beneficial herb for mothers". It is used in cases of menstrual and delivery disorders caused by blood stasis such as dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea.[5]
Chemical constituents
Chemical compounds found in Leonurus japonicus include guanosine, rutin, syringic acid, and stigmasterol.[6]
Gallery
Bush
Flower
Shrub
References
- ↑ Flora de Filipinas, Gran edicion, [Atlas II].[1], by Francisco Manuel Blanco circa 1880
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Leonurus japonicus | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2008-02-11 }}
- ↑ English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 513. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ↑ Flora of China
- ↑ Miao, Lu-Lin; Zhou, Qin-Mei; Peng, Cheng; Liu, Zhao-Hua; Xiong, Liang (2019-09-01). "Leonurus japonicus (Chinese motherwort), an excellent traditional medicine for obstetrical and gynecological diseases: A comprehensive overview" (in en). Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 117: 109060. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2019.109060. ISSN 0753-3322. PMID 31195353. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332219317779.
- ↑ "Natural Products isolated from Leonurus japonicus - BioCrick". https://www.biocrick.com/botanysource/Leonurus-japonicus_1.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1071905 entry
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