Ruellia asperula
| Ruellia asperula | |
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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: | 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
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- Ruellia
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- Flora of the Cerrado
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