Strobilanthes crispa

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Strobilanthes crispa
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Strobilanthes
Species:
S. crispa
Binomial name
Strobilanthes crispa
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemigraphis crispa (L.) T.Anderson
  • Ruellia crispa L.
  • Sericocalyx crispus (L.) Bremek.
Leaves

Strobilanthes crispa is a shrub which originated from Madagascar,[2] and is now found across south east Asia.[3] It is a member of the family Acanthaceae.[2] It is known as pokok pecah kaca or pokok pecah beling in Malaysia,[2] and pecah beling, enyoh kilo, kecibeling or kejibeling in Indonesia.[citation needed] The leaves are used traditionally for treatment of cancer and diabetes,[2] usually taken as a tea or infusion of the leaves.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Strobilanthes crispa". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Yap, Ling-Sze; Lee, Wai-Leng; Ting, Adeline-Su-Yien (2017). "Endophytes from Malaysian medicinal plants as sources for discovering anticancer agents". In Agrawal, Dinesh Chandra; Tsay, Hsin-Sheng; Shyur, Lie-Fen; Wu, Yang-Chang; Wang, Sheng-Yang (eds.). Medicinal Plants and Fungi: Recent Advances in Research and Development. Springer. p. 328. ISBN 9789811059780.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). "Strobilanthes Blume Acanthaceae". CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. p. 3587. ISBN 9781482250640.


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