Browallia speciosa

Browallia speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Browallia
Species:	B. speciosa
Binomial name
	Browallia speciosa; Hook.

Browallia speciosa is a blue-violet tender perennial usually grown as an annual flowering plant also called the amethyst flower or bush violet. It is much used as a garden ornamental.^[1]

Use in Colombian folk medicine[]

The Ingano of Mocoa in the Colombian department of Putumayo chew the leaves of Browallia speciosa and pack the resultant material around carious molars to alleviate the pain.^[2]

References[]

^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants, Editor-in-chief Christopher Brickell, pub. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. ISBN 1405332964, page 192.
^ Schultes, Richard Evans and Raffauf, Robert F. The Healing Forest - Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia, pub. Dioscorides Press, Portland, Oregon (an imprint of Timber Press,Inc.) 1990 ISBN 0-931146-14-3 pps. 418-19.

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[1] RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants, Editor-in-chief Christopher Brickell, pub. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. ISBN 1405332964, page 192.

[2] Schultes, Richard Evans and Raffauf, Robert F. The Healing Forest - Medicinal and Toxic Plants of the Northwest Amazonia, pub. Dioscorides Press, Portland, Oregon (an imprint of Timber Press,Inc.) 1990 ISBN 0-931146-14-3 pps. 418-19.

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