Biology:Strobilanthes crispa
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Short description: Species of shrub
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Strobilanthes |
| Species: | S. crispa
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Strobilanthes crispa is a shrub which originated from Madagascar ,[2] and is now found across south east Asia.[3] It is a member of the family Acanthaceae.[2] It is known as pokok pecah kaca or pokok pecah beling in Malaysia,[2] and pecah beling, enyoh kilo, kecibeling or kejibeling in Indonesia.[citation needed] The leaves are used traditionally for treatment of cancer and diabetes,[2] usually taken as a tea or infusion of the leaves.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Strobilanthes crispa". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:55623-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Yap, Ling-Sze; Lee, Wai-Leng; Ting, Adeline-Su-Yien (2017). "Endophytes from Malaysian medicinal plants as sources for discovering anticancer agents". in Agrawal, Dinesh Chandra; Tsay, Hsin-Sheng; Shyur, Lie-Fen et al.. Medicinal Plants and Fungi: Recent Advances in Research and Development. Springer. p. 328. ISBN 9789811059780.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). "Strobilanthes Blume Acanthaceae". CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 3587. ISBN 9781482250640.
Wikidata ☰ Q2261805 entry
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