Biology:Ruellia asperula
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Ruellia asperula | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: | Ruellia |
Species: | R. asperula
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Binomial name | |
Ruellia asperula Benth. & Hook.f.
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Ruellia asperula (syn. Stephanophysum asperulum Mart. & Nees) is a medicinal plant native to Brazil and growing in Caatinga vegetation and Cerrado vegetation. Flowers, leaves, and roots of this plant are usually macerated and used to treat asthma, bronchitis, fever, flu, and uteral inflammation.
External links
- Floral Traits and Pollination Systems in the Caatinga, a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest by Isabel Cristina Machado and Ariadna Valentina Lopes
- Ruellia asperula
- (in Portuguese) Ruellia asperula
Wikidata ☰ Q9071123 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruellia asperula.
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