Pergularia

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Pergularia
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Pergularia daemia in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Pergularia
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Pergularia is a genus of the botanical family Apocynaceae. Pergularia daemia is a perennial twinning herb that grows along the roadsides of India and tropical and subtropical regions in South Asia, Africa, and Australia.[1]

Pharmacological activities include antiinflammatory, hepatoprotective, anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, analgesic, anti-infertility and central nervous system depressant activity.[2]

Species[3]
  1. Schltr. & K. Schum. - Cameroon
  2. (Wight & Arn.) D.Dietr. - India
  3. (Wight) Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. - Himalayas
  4. (R.Br.) Spreng. - Jamaica
  5. Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov. - Africa, S Asia
  6. (Colebr.) Spreng. - Bangladesh
  7. (A.Cunn.) Hook.f. ex D.Dietr.
  8. (Wight) D.Dietr. - Uttar Pradesh
  9. (R.Br.) Spreng. - Queensland
  10. (Wight) D.Dietr. - Himachal Pradesh
  11. (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia
  12. (R.Br.) Spreng. - Sumatra
  13. L. - Middle East from Egypt to Pakistan
  14. (R.Br.) Spreng. - Australia
formerly included[3]

moved to other genera (Cionura, Marsdenia, Metaplexis, Strophanthus, Telosma, Tylophora, Vallaris )

  1. P. accedens, syn of
  2. P. africana, syn of
  3. P. angustiloba, syn of
  4. P. celebica, syn of
  5. P. divaricata, syn of Strophanthus divaricatus
  6. P. erecta, syn of Cionura erecta
  7. P. filipes, syn of Telosma procumbens
  8. P. glabra, syn of
  9. P. japonica, syn of
  10. P. minor, syn of Telosma cordata
  11. P. pallida, syn of
  12. P. parviflora, syn of
  13. P. procumbens, syn of Telosma procumbens
  14. P. puberula, syn of
  15. P. sanguinolenta, syn of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta
  16. P. sinensis, syn of Cryptolepis sinensis
  17. P. tenacissima, syn of
  18. P. velutina, syn of

References[]

  1. ^ Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
  2. ^ Karthishwaran K., Mirunalini S. "Therapeutic potential of Pergularia daemia (Forsk.): The ayurvedic wonder" International Journal of Pharmacology 2010 6:6 (836-843)
  3. ^ a b The Plant List

External links[]

Media related to Pergularia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Pergularia at Wikispecies


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