It has many common names including blue porterweed, blue snake weed, bastard vervain, brazilian tea, jamaica vervain, and lightblue snakeweed. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis herb uses, benefits, cures. The genus stachytarpheta was described by vahl 1804 with twelve south american. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis environmental horticulture university.
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family verbenaceae, native throughout the caribbean. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Fusionner pdf combiner en ligne vos fichiers pdf gratuitement. It is one of the important plants with high medicinal and nutraceutical benefits. Characterization and antimicrobial activity of essential. Plants profile for stachytarpheta jamaicensis lightblue. Stachytarpheta is a plant genus in the verbena family verbenaceae. Names of stachytarpheta jamaicensis in various languages of the world are also given. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Stachytarpheta indica is a much branched, erect, annual or shortlived perennial plant growing up to 1 metre tall331. An erect annual tall herb, simple or dichotomously branched with stems and branches darkgreen, glabrous or sparsely. The plants database includes the following 11 species of stachytarpheta. Sahoo and others published phytochemical screening and. Overton, department of chemistry, university of glasgow reporters d.
The plant list includes a further 78 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus stachytarpheta. Phytochemical screening and bioevaluation of medicinal plant. Vahl belongs to the family of verbenaceae and is commonly known as gervao, brazilian tea, verbena cimarrona, rooter comb, or blue porter weed. Dunlop 1987 listed four species from northern territory. The board of trustees of the royal botanic gardens, kew. Provided by ars systematic botany and mycology laboratory. Java, a leaf decoction is used for dysentery burkill 1966.
No information is available on chromosome numbers of stachytarpheta spp. Ort seed production and viability of eight porterweed. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. Wilson1 indian river research and education center, fort pierce, fl 34945. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is a species of plant in the verbenaceae family, native throughout the caribbean. The second type is narrow leaved one, with synonyms stachytarpheta jamaicensis and stachytarpheta indica. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The wholestachytarpheta indica plant was collected from the government sidha medical college, tamilnadu and stored at room temperature in a dry place prior to use. Stachytarpheta urticifolia, commonly sold by nonnative nurseries, is native to tropical asia. The original provenance of walkers plants were unknown. Coarse perennial herbs 820 dm tall, sometimes somewhat woody toward base.
Flowers solitary in axils, bracts sessile, calyx narrow tubular, 5 or 4 too. The plant was authenticated as stachytarpheta indica by professor chelladurai research botanist, palayamkottai, tamilnadu, india. Stachytarpheta indica in world checklist of selected plant families. The genus stachytarpheta contains about 65 species, mostly from the american tropics. This page was last edited on 14 december 2019, at 11. Stachytarpheta urticifolia was described by john sims in 1816 from plants cultivated in london by john walker. Brine shrimp motility assay of stachytarpheta indica stem and leaf extracts. The flowers are rich in nectar and popular with many butterflies, such as the south asian crimson rose atrophaneura hector, malabar banded swallowtail papilio liomedon, and grass yellow eurema hecabe hummingbirds, especially small species like lophornis coquettes, chlorostilbon emeralds, and discosura thorntails, are. Hepatoprotective activity of ethanolic extract of stachytarpheta indica on wistar strain rats article in pharmacologyonline 3. There is no pink or red flowered variety of this native.
Phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of flavonoids, terpenoides, tannins and reducing sugars. Four very similar stachytarpheta species are found here in hawaii, and they can be difficult to identify, especially since they hybridize with each other. And this species has as well many other synonyms that are out of use, like valerianoides jamaicense, verbena americana, vermicularia deccurens and zappania jamaicensis. Vahl family verbenaceae filed as stachytarpheta jamaicensis vahl. Stachytarpheta indica previous name used in the website. Inhibition of staphylococcus aureus by ethanolic extract of leaves stachytarpheta jamainencis. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis in global plants on jstor. Philippine herbal medicine an illustrated compilation of medicinal plants in the philippines by dr godofredo stuart, with botanical information, chemical properties, folkloric uses and medicinal studies.
Vahl is an accepted name this name is the accepted name of a species in the genus stachytarpheta family verbenaceae. Pdf phytochemical screening and bioevaluation of medicinal. Kattapunnuthu seemakongini narivalan thiripoovu kannada. Kandikandilaan, bastard vervain, stachytarpheta jamaicensis. Vahl, ethanolic extract, carbon tetrachloride, hepatoprotective activity. Characterization and antimicrobial activity of essential oils of stachytarpheta indica linn. Issued as a pdf on the internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for. Stachytarpheta angustissima moldenke stachytarpheta elatior schrad. Stachytarpheta indica is a species of plant in the family verbenaceae, native to the tropical americas. The only native porterweed is stachytarpheta jamaicensis, which has blue to purple flowers. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple, petiolate, margin entire to serrate. The record derives from wcsp which reports it as an accepted name record 195906 with original publication details.
These are primarily included because names of species. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is a species of plant in the family verbenaceae, native throughout. Stachytarpheta species are pubescent, glabrous shrubs, undershrubs and herbs. The verbenaceae family is known to have important bioactivity. List of various diseases cured by stachytarpheta jamaicensis. Stachytarpheta species, jamaican porterweed stachytarpheta.
How stachytarpheta jamaicensis is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Issn 23203862 determination of secondary metabolites and. Plant details information about stachytarpheta indica plant. This is an excerpt from weeds of hawaiis pastures and natural areas. It grows and flowers well in the sun in welldrained, acidic soils. The plant list includes 189 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus stachytarpheta. Branched porterweed stachytarpheta australis has pale blue or white flowers and hairy flower stalks and lower leaf. Light blue snakeweed stachytarpheta jamaicensis also hybridises with other species, and hybrids between it and both dark blue snakeweed stachytarpheta cayennensis and pink snakeweed stachytarpheta mutabilis have also become naturalised in queensland.
These hybrids exhibit characters that are intermediate between the two species involved. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Records of this species in osceola and wakulla counties appear related to plants naturalized from plantings. Leaves opposite, membranous, elliptic to broadly elliptic or ovate, 48 cm long, 24. Inflorescence axillary, terminal spicate, pedunculate, bracts appressed.
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis florida native plant society. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. Verbenaceae stachytarpheta indica stachytarpheta indica vahl verbenaceae. Phytochemical screening and antibacterial activity of aqueous and methanolic root extracts of stachytarpheta indica vahl. Seed production and viability of eight porterweed selections grown in northern and southern florida sandra b. Stachytarpheta is a genus of about 3 species in the verbenaceae, distributed mainly in tropical america atkins, 2005. There were species of 8 genera that were reported as traditional medicine in several countries to cure several diseases 10 11. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in stachytarpheta jamaicensis.
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