Biology:Turnera diffusa

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Short description: Species of shrub

Turnera diffusa
Turnera diffusa var. aphrodisiaca 002.JPG
Turnera diffusa var. aphrodisiaca
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Turnera
Species:
T. diffusa
Binomial name
Turnera diffusa
Willd. ex Schult.[1]
Varieties[2]

T. d. var. aphrodisiaca (G.H.Ward) Urb.
T. d. var. diffusa

Synonyms[3]
Turnera diffusa var. aphrodisiaca foliage and inflorescence
A bottle of Damiana liqueur

Turnera diffusa, known as damiana,[4] is a shrub native to southern Texas in the United States,[5] Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean. It belongs to the family Passifloraceae.[2]

Damiana is a relatively small, woody shrub that produces small, aromatic flowers. It blossoms in early to late summer and is followed by fruits that taste similar to figs. The shrub is said to have a strong spice-like odor somewhat like chamomile, due to the aromatic compounds present in the plant.[6]

Uses

Damiana is an ingredient in a traditional Mexican liqueur, which is sometimes used in lieu of triple sec in margaritas. Mexican folklore claims that it was used in the "original" margarita. The damiana margarita is popular in the Los Cabos region of Mexico.[7][8]

Damiana was included in several 19th-century patent medicines, such as Pemberton's French Wine Coca. The leaves were omitted from that product's non-alcoholic counterpart, Coca-Cola.[9] In folklore, the plant was believed to be an aphrodisiac, hence its sometimes used binomial synonym, Turnera aphrodisiaca.

Phytochemistry

Damiana contains damianin; tetraphyllin B; gonzalitosin I; arbutin; tricosan-2-one; acacetin; p-cymene; β-sitosterol; 1,8-cineole; apigenin;[10] α-pinene; β-carotene; β-pinene; tannins; thymol;[11] and hexacosanol.[12] In total, 22 flavonoids, maltol glucoside, phenolics, seven cyanogenic glycosides, monoterpenoids, sesquiterpenoids, triterpenoids, the polyterpene ficaprenol-11, fatty acids, and caffeine have been found in the genus Turnera.[13] As of 2006, damiana's constituents have not been identified for their effects attributed to the whole herb.[14] Damiana's anxiolytic properties might be due to apigenin.[12] The extract from damiana has been found to suppress aromatase activity, including the isolated compounds pinocembrin and acacetin.[15][16]

Ecology

T. diffusa is a host plant for the Mexican fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia), a butterfly.[17]

Misidentification in commerce

Viable plant and seed material sold as T. diffusa from both private and commercial sources largely turns out to be misidentified Turnera ulmifolia (a.k.a. "False Damiana"), a closely related species. This widespread issue has been noted by the scientific community, and has created much confusion among both amateur and professional horticulturists alike.[18][19][20] While T. ulmifolia is similar in appearance, its chemical constituents and ethnobotanical uses are distinctly different.[21] Mature stems of T. diffusa are woody, with small, grayed green leaves 13 to 16 mm long, 4.5 to 5.5 mm wide, obtuse at the apex, and strongly aromatic when crushed.[22] T. ulmifolia is differentiated by herbaceous stems, larger blue-green leaves that are strongly dentate with a pointed apex, and only weakly aromatic.[23][24][25] One scientific study however, demonstrated this confusion being mostly associated with horticultural commerce, and does not extend appreciably to commercial herbal products, most of which exhibit constituents that can be definitively traced to T. diffusa.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Turnera diffusa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=22215. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Turnera diffusa | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2012-01-03 }}
  3. ↑ "Turnera diffusa Willd. ex Schult.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:836578-1#synonyms. 
  4. ↑ "Turnera diffusa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TUDI. Retrieved 12 December 2015. 
  5. ↑ Everitt, J. H.; Dale Lynn Drawe; Robert I. Lonard (2002). Trees, Shrubs, and Cacti of South Texas. Texas Tech University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-89672-473-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=8cEq7weUPYYC. 
  6. ↑ Gildemeister, Eduard; Friedrich Hoffmann (1922). Edward Kremers. ed. The Volatile Oils. 3 (2 ed.). Wiley. p. 183. 
  7. ↑ "Damiana Liqueur at Damiana.net". http://www.damiana.net/. 
  8. ↑ Perry, Charles (2007-06-20). "The unexpected thrill". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/20/food/fo-drink20. 
  9. ↑ Pendergrast, Mark (2000). For God, Country, and Coca Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It (2 ed.). Basic Books. pp. 24–30. ISBN 978-0-46505-468-8. https://archive.org/details/forgodcountrycoc00pend_0. 
  10. ↑ Kumar, Suresh (February 9, 2005). "Anti-anxiety Activity Studies on Homoeopathic Formulations of Turnera aphrodisiaca Ward". Evid Based Complement Alternat Med (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) 2 (1): 117–119. doi:10.1093/ecam/neh069. PMID 15864356. 
  11. ↑ Balch, Phyllis A. (2002). Prescription for Nutritional Healing: the A to Z Guide to Supplements (2 ed.). Penguin. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-58333-143-9. https://archive.org/details/prescriptionfor000balc/page/233. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Kumar, S; Madaan, R; Sharma, A (2008), "Pharmacological evaluation of Bioactive Principle of Turnera aphrodisiaca", Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 70 (6): 740–4, doi:10.4103/0250-474X.49095, PMID 21369434 
  13. ↑ Szewczyk, K; Zidorn, C (2014). "Ethnobotany, phytochemistry, and bioactivity of the genus Turnera (Passifloraceae) with a focus on damiana – Turnera diffusa". Journal of Ethobotany 152 (3): 424–443. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.01.019. ISSN 0378-8741. PMID 24468305. 
  14. ↑ Kumar, Suresh; Taneja, Ruchi; Sharma, Anupam (2006), "Pharmacognostic Standardization of Turnera aphrodisiaca Ward", Journal of Medicinal Food 9 (2): 254–60, doi:10.1089/jmf.2006.9.254, PMID 16822212 
  15. ↑ "Anti-aromatase activity of the constituents from damiana (Turnera diffusa)". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 120 (3): 387–393. 2008. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.09.016. PMID 18948180. 
  16. ↑ Katarzyna Szewczyka; Christian Zidorn (2014). "Ethnobotany, phytochemistry, and bioactivity of the genus Turnera (Passifloraceae) with a focus on damiana—Turnera diffusa". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 152 (3): 424–443. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2014.01.019. PMID 24468305. 
  17. ↑ Wauer, Roland H. (2004). Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Boulder, CO: Johnson Books. p. 128. ISBN 9781555663476. 
  18. ↑ Joshi, V.C.; Rao, A.S.; Wang, Y.H.; Avula, B.; Khan, I.A. (March 2009). "Taxonomic Clarification on Turnera diffusa Ward and its Demarcation from "False Damiana" using Fluorescence, Scanning Electron Microscopy, HPTLC and UPLC". Planta Medica 75 (4). doi:10.1055/s-2009-1216454. 
  19. ↑ "Damiana - Turnera diffusa, Turnera ulmifolia seed pictures". https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14429711. 
  20. ↑ "Turnera diffusa var diffusa or var aphrodisiaca or what?". http://garden.org/thread/view/33308/Turnera-diffusa-var-diffusa-or-var-aphrodisiaca-or-what/?offset=0. 
  21. ↑ "Tropical Plant Database". http://www.rain-tree.com/damiana.htm#.V8-QljWo2kw. 
  22. ↑ Meerow, Alan W.; Ayala-Silva, Tomás; Irish, Brian M. (December 2010). "Turnera diffusa 'Luisa', a Drought-tolerant Small Shrub for Warm Climates". HortScience 45 (12): 1895–1896. doi:10.21273/HORTSCI.45.12.1895. 
  23. ↑ "Elm-leaved Turnera – Turnera ulmifolia". http://ntsavanna.com/elm-leaved-turnera-turnera-ulmifolia/. 
  24. ↑ "Turnera Ulmifolia". http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/botany/1998/vhp/martha02.html. 
  25. ↑ "Woody and Herbaceous Plants Native to Haiti". http://miami-dade.ifas.ufl.edu/pdfs/urban_hort/Woody%20and%20Herbaceous%20Plants%20Native%20to%20Haiti.pdf. 
  26. ↑ Schäffer, Marion; Gröger, Thomas; Pütz, Michael; Zimmermann, Ralf (July 2013). "Assessment of the presence of damiana in herbal blends of forensic interest based on comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography". Forensic Toxicology 31 (2): 251–262. doi:10.1007/s11419-013-0186-5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257682071. Retrieved 7 September 2016. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q932516 entry



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